INDEPENDENT & PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN BOTSWANA
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INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND (ISANNE)
When private schools are mentioned, the idea of quaint, historic boarding schools in leafy New England often spring to mind. Considered to be the bastion of a traditional, preppy education, many of these schools have become household names across North America and even further afield. The Independent Schools Association of Northern New England (ISANNE) was
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THE CLARENDON SCHOOLS: THE ORIGINAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS DEFINED BY THE CLARENDON COMMISSION (AKA THE GREAT NINE)
In 1861, a Royal Commission, under the chairmanship of the 4th Earl of Clarendon, was established and tasked with investigating the governance and finance of Britain’s public schools (effectively private schools) and sought to define and stipulate what constitutes a public school and how such schools are managed, specifically, with respect to their endowments and how those endowments were disbursed. Ultimately, and controversially, the Commission’s report would ring-fence a select group of elite schools (the Great Nine / Clarendon Schools) which would be subject to the provisions of the Public Schools Act 1868 and which, forever thereafter, would enjoy a higher degree of status and reputation than their peers.
