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Fri 16 Jul, 2010 07:26 am
Quote:State governments have shown that they, too, can take bold steps, as several have done in creating public high school academies that focus on the hard sciences. Among the first of these was the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM), opened in 1980, and its track record explains why these academies have taken off elsewhere. NCSSM boasts the highest SAT scores of any public school in the state.
What are these public high school academies? What does "public" mean? Who operates these schools? Who gives them financial support?
These academies are specialised schools, usually within the public school system. Another example is designating certain high schools in which the arts are emphasized.
In the US, public schools operate without tuition, and are paid for from taxes - usually property taxes. This particular use seems to follow US tradition. In the UK, public schools can have a very different definition.
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