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Small Scale and School Culture: The Experience of Private Schools. ERIC Digest.
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Conway, George E. – 1994
It is a widely held perception in this country that private schools are superior to public schools. This digest examines school size and school culture as they relate to the high quality of education in private schools. The average private school is about half the size of the average public school. Reflecting Tonnies' (Ferdinand Tonnies, 1887)…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics