Public School

Public school may refer to:

  • State school in Australia, Canada, Scotland, and the United States, a school funded with tax revenue and administered by a government or governmental agency
  • Public school (United Kingdom) – a group of around 10% of the fee-paying independent schools in the United Kingdom which are considered especially prestigious.
  • Public university, in some countries, e.g. the United States, any university operated by the state, as opposed to being a private enterprise.

Famous quotes containing the words public and/or school:

    ““He swore that day till the leaves shook on the trees. Charming! Delightful! Never have I enjoyed such swearing before or since. Sir, on that memorable day he swore like an angel from Heaven!””
    —For the State of New Jersey, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    “We have passed the time of ... the laisser-faire [sic] school which believes that the government ought to do nothing but run a police force.”
    —William Howard Taft (1857–1930)