Re: [Phys-L] Private schools

[Daniel L Macisaac <danmacisaac@me.com>]

On Jul 9, 2012, at 2:13 AM, John Clement wrote:
> s far as I can see the variation in private schools is much wider than the
> public schools so the average is not that high.  And of course there are the
> ones which are dedicated to teaching bad science and history because of
> their sectartian point of view.
>
> John M. Clement
> Houston, TX
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Interesting thought, and one I have shared.  I have come to the belief that US charter and private schools are nearly never created because parents are upset with the poor quality of their children's STEM education.  It'd be great if they were.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Consortium_for_Specialized_Secondary_Schools_of_Mathematics,_Science_and_Technology

Perusing the somewhat dated above list of 80 names of STEM-specific schools belonging to the NCSSSMST, I see the word "charter" in only one name, though there are several "governors'".  I do suspect some privates, and public-private and college or university consortia.  

I see no explicitly religious or sectarian names on this list.   

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