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> From NYC's decision to offer free lunches for all public school students. Wait, what?! Why would the city spend money on subsidising the lunch of children wi
by steve_barton 9y ago
> From NYC's decision to offer free lunches for all public school students.
Wait, what?! Why would the city spend money on subsidising the lunch of children with parents rich enough to send them to a public school?
- chrisseaton 9y agoI think in the United States, 'public school' means the exact opposite of what it means elsewhere - there it means a school run by the city that anyone can go to.
- Danieru 9y agoYou might be surprised to hear this, but New York city is in America. Thus while Public School in the UK are privately owned, elitist, and tuition charging, in America it is the opposite. In America public schools are the schools the public attend which the state finances.
- dang 9y ago> You might be surprised to hear this, but New York city is in America Please don't break the rules by posting snark here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- jk563 9y agoI've always found this stupid in the UK. Not only do we call paid for schools Public Schools, but we simultaneously call them Private Schools. It makes no sense! [EDIT] wrong parent, right thread. Meant to reply to chrisseaton
- chrisseaton 9y agoOnly seven schools in the UK are actually 'public schools'. It's a precise legal status. So 'private school' and 'public school' does not mean the same thing. Originally they were the only schools that educated members of the general public, rather than people just from the local village or church or things like that, so the name does make sense.
- jk563 9y agoOooo, thanks for that! Know of anything where I can read more / see the legal definitions?
- chrisseaton 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Schools_Act_1868 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Schools_Act_1868