private school

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She hired as chief executive Jeff Clark, the former president of Avenues School, an international private school that opened its first location in Manhattan in 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Florida recently passed a series of laws to ease the cost of private school, including one that grants yearly vouchers of about $8,000 on average per student to families that choose private schools.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Some of those luxuries then become fixed expenses that are hard to unwind — a bigger house, a more expensive car, private school.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

He also graduated from Stanford and now is president of the private school in Salinas, Calif., that he and his son attended.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

So his parents took him out of public school and, at the beginning of seventh grade, sent him to Lakeside, a private school that catered to Seattle’s elite families.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell