Vouchers vanquished: Utah voters overwhelmingly reject scheme to aid religious and other private schools.
Patrick Byrne spent millions of dollars and most of 2007 trying to convince Utahns that funding private schools with public dollars was a grand idea. In the end, however, the wealthy founder of the Internet retail giant, Overstock.com, didn't convince that many people. On Nov. 6, voters...

Regulate private schools: Knowledge panel.
Byline: Hemali Chhapia MUMBAI: This may well ring the death knell for private schools across the country. The National Knowledge Commission (NKC), a body of high-profile experts and intellectuals who have the government's and PM's ear, has called for regulation of admission and fees in the thousands...

UK private schools must prove "public interest" or lose charity status.
Britain's private schools must prove that children who cannot afford their services will also benefit, the English Charity Commission has instructed. Otherwise, they will loose their charitable status--along with 100m [pounds sterling] in tax breaks a year if they are found to be operating as "exclusive clubs" for the...

The Kindergarten Wars: The Battle To Get Into America's Best Private Schools.
THE KINDERGARTEN WARS: The Battle To Get Into America's Best Private Schools. Alan Eisenstock. New York: Warner Books, 2006. 227 pp. Hardcover, $24.99. How important is attending the right kindergarten? Does attending the right kindergarten facilitate acceptance into an elite college or university? Alan Eisenstock wrote this book after...

Schools putting bomb scares behind them.
Byline: Nat Levy The Register-Guard Three private schools in Eugene reopened Monday after losing almost a week's worth of classes to a series of bomb threats. Marist High School and O'Hara Catholic School, the schools attended by two teens arrested in the case, held special...

Loren sees more transferees to public schools.
Sen. Loren Legarda warned yesterday that the already reeling public school system in the Philippines may be further swamped by transferees from private schools in the face of the worsening economic crisis resulting to job losses. Loren pointed out that with more Filipino families unable to send...

Institutional accreditation: A new step in Philippine education.
A RECENT survey on World University Rankings by an international assessment body placed a prestigious Philippine state university in second place. In the remote past, a similar ranking of Asia's Best Universities placed the top three Philippine private schools in the 71st, 76th,and 78th ranks, while the state university...

Nobel Learning Communities Acquires Country Tyme Early Education Center.
Suburban Pennsylvania location to be integrated with nearby Chesterbrook Academy Schools WEST CHESTER, Pa., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. , a leading operator of private preschools, elementary schools and middle schools, today announced it has acquired all business and operating assets of Country Tyme...

Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. Announces Conference Call to Discuss Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results.
WEST CHESTER, Pa., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. , a leading operator of private preschools, elementary schools, and middle schools, today announced that its results for the second quarter 2009 will be released after the market closes on Wednesday, February 4, 2009. A copy of the...

Suspects in bomb threats released.
Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard A 17-day stint behind bars ended Tuesday for a pair of teenage cousins accused of making a series of bomb threats that closed three Eugene private schools for several days earlier this month. Lane Circuit Judge Kip Leonard agreed to...