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> Private schools are for profit This is far more false than true. Most private schools are, in fact, not-for-profit. All of the house-hold private university

> Private schools are for profit This is far more false than true. Most private schools are, in fact, not-for-profit. All of the house-hold private university names, except for University of Phoenix, are all not-for-profit. Harvard, Yale, etc. are all not-for-profit. > They are generally regarded as the best education you can get for K-12 schooling The only for profit K-12 schools I know of are basically web-based GED prep courses. Not exactly the "best education you can get", but it'll get you that McDonalds gig. This isn't even true of not-for-profit private schools. There are plenty of public schools, e.g. in wealthy suburbs, that are far higher quality than your average Catholic private school, for example. > actually, wait, isn't that the difference between a college and a university? No, not at all. The only difference is that a university a) has multiple colleges and b) offers graduate degrees. Colleges and universities can be private for-profit, private not-for-profit, or public. > For profit schools pretty much kick ass Sorry to burst your bubble, but in higher education, for-profit universities are usually bottom of the barrel in terms of both prestige and quality.

dragonwriter 10y ago
A lot of charters are private, for-profit schools, but you are correct that private schools are mostly non profit (IIRC most private K-12 schools are religious nonprofits.)
r_smart 10y ago
No worries bursting my bubble, I learned a bunch, so that was cool. I'll have to take a look at the private K-12 schools in my area. I assumed they were going to the benefit of whoever owned the schools.
- mahyarm 10y ago
  As a former K-12 private schooler, the one I went to was non-profit. It eventually went out of business due to being run a little bit too non-profit even though it existed for 20 years. I really enjoyed my time there and was sad to see it go out of business. Many private schools are not profitable institutions by a long shot. They could use a little bit more profit motive sometimes. Many private schools are either: * some religious institution, like a catholic school * some really old private school that has kept on going because it's where all the rich kids go to with a relatively large endowment. * opening with a specific charter in mind, like a sudbury school

dragonwriter 10y ago

A lot of charters are private, for-profit schools, but you are correct that private schools are mostly non profit (IIRC most private K-12 schools are religious nonprofits.)

r_smart 10y ago

No worries bursting my bubble, I learned a bunch, so that was cool. I'll have to take a look at the private K-12 schools in my area. I assumed they were going to the benefit of whoever owned the schools.

mahyarm 10y ago
As a former K-12 private schooler, the one I went to was non-profit. It eventually went out of business due to being run a little bit too non-profit even though it existed for 20 years. I really enjoyed my time there and was sad to see it go out of business. Many private schools are not profitable institutions by a long shot. They could use a little bit more profit motive sometimes. Many private schools are either: * some religious institution, like a catholic school * some really old private school that has kept on going because it's where all the rich kids go to with a relatively large endowment. * opening with a specific charter in mind, like a sudbury school