Public school / State school / Private school (Diferencias)

Question

En Español: Hablando sobre los distintos tipos de educación, tengo un problema para diferenciar los términos: Public school / State school / Private school. Creo (pero no estoy segura) que en UK "public school" es un colegio privado, y colegio público "state school" y en USA "private school" colegio privado y "public school" colegio público. ¿Estoy en lo cierto?

In English: I have a problem with the words: Public school / State school / Private school. I'm not sure about the differences. I think (but I'm not sure) that in UK "public school" is a colegio privado, and colegio público is "state school" and in USA "private school" is colegio privado and "public school" colegio público. Is it true?

Answer 1

Seems you are correct in all counts. In the US anyway.

Public school , a school run by the state or city

Private school , a school operated by a private concern or oganization

State schools, usually are state run universities.

Thank you very much, It helped me a lot - Keirlen, Jan 13, 2014

Answer 2

In England, state schools are funded by taxes and do not charge pupils to attend.Pupiks attend from 5 years of age usually until 18. In recent years there have been free schools and academies which are free to attend and paid for by the government,but unlike state schools they are not under the control of the local authority, so have more freedom as to what they pay teachers and what they teach. Private schools charge fees and are not under the control of the local authority. They usually have a scheme where brighter, poorer children can receive money to help with their education.Public schools in the UK, charge fees so are not free. Not all private schools are known as public schools. The ones called public schools are well established, more than a hundred years ago - and many 500 + years ago and are expensive. When they were established they allowed some poor children to attend so were called public schools. Most children board at the public schools [live at the school either Monday to Friday - weekly boarder or for each term]The famous public schools in England are Charterhouse, Winchester, Eton and Harrow. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Mayor of London, Prince William and the Prime Minister have all attended Eton College.Public/Private schools are also known as independent schools.

Thank you for your answer and your time, you helped me a lot. Really good answer. - Keirlen, Jan 13, 2014