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separate school (in Canada) a school for a large religious minority financed by its rates and administered by its own school board but under the authority of the provincial department of education How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A few states have created separate schools for academically talented students in math and science such as the North Carolina School for Science and Mathematics. Skinner's female replacement divides the boys and girls into separate schools since, she says, girls can't learn math around "aggressive, obnoxious" boys. But his larger idea--helping poor families, especially poor kids, escape concentrated poverty--highlights the crucial point that is missing from mainstream education-reform debates: that separate schools for rich and poor will never be equal. |
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