Talk:Independent school

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The term "independent school" is increasingly used interchangably with "private school" in the US. For all practical purposes and private school is an independent school, and vice versa. "Independent school" seems to be gaining in current usage. Some institutions refer to themselves as "independent schools" because they feel the term "private school" has elitist overtones (in the southern United States, some private schools were founded to educate white students). Today, of course, most independent schools have an active policy of non-discrimination and in many cases are more diverse than neighboring public schools.

It is important to note that "private school" does NOT necessarily imply a for-profit school; most private high schools in the US are not for profit institutions.

• Hello! Please sign your talk comments by typing ~~~~, as those four tildes are magically transformed into your signature. Also, "private school" and "independent school" are not interchangeable; private schools operated by churches are not, under the appropriate definition, independent schools. See this National Association of Independent Schools FAQ entry for details. Will Hester (talk) 04:19, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

In some areas, the term "independent school" is synonymous with "prep school." The Conference of Independent Schools in Canada, for example, consists only of such schools. Writerchick 11:31, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Though the terms independent school and private school are often used interchangably in the U.S. and Canada, the latter term has elitist connotations for many and the term independent school has been popularized since the 1970s

This phrase sounds too much like a POV. Anyone care to clean it up? --204.152.176.70 21:27, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] confusion

I can't tell: is the definition of public school different in scotland, or is the writer of this article, and the one on Finlay Macdonald, using commas differently than I'm used to??? 71.232.91.1 21:59, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Independent vs Private

If independent is the "new" term to use, then does it make "public" schools, "dependent" schools? Private schools are "elitest." Seems like an attempt to whitewash elitest "privilege."—Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]])

• I just moved the following editing-related comment, by new user Louistheripper, off the article page: Private School should redirect here, however since it doesn't we apologize for any inconvenience. This appears to be a request for continuation of the above discussion. --Orlady 16:07, 23 October 2007 (UTC)