Re:OSSU: A path to a free self-taught education in computer ...
by dragonwriter on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @01:29AM
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> That said, it feels like public schools (which are actually private... why this silly naming?)
Because of the nine originally-charity schools investigated by the Clarendon Commission, they weren't the two that established that they had constitutions guaranteeing their private character which made them immune to the kind of publicly-directed reorganization the other seven were subjected to under the Public Schools Act. That is, they are "public" in the sense that their basic organization was redirected by the State to correct problems found by a government investigation.
Because of the nine originally-charity schools investigated by the Clarendon Commission, they weren't the two that established that they had constitutions guaranteeing their private character which made them immune to the kind of publicly-directed reorganization the other seven were subjected to under the Public Schools Act. That is, they are "public" in the sense that their basic organization was redirected by the State to correct problems found by a government investigation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Schools_Act_1868