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A '''school''' is an educational institution. Schools can be either publicly- or privately-owned, funded by public or private sources or a combination of both, and may have a secular or a religious mandate.
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A '''school''' is an educational institution. Schools can be either publicly- or privately-owned, funded by public or private sources or a combination of both, and may have a secular or a religious mandate. A '''public school''' is an [[atheistic]] school funded by taxes and which censors classroom [[prayer]].
The increasingly popular alternative to school is [[homeschooling]].<ref>[http://nces.ed.gov/nhes/homeschool/ 1.1 Million Homeschooled Students in the United States in 2003], Nation Institute for Education Statistics</ref>
The increasingly popular alternative to school is [[homeschooling]].<ref>[http://nces.ed.gov/nhes/homeschool/ 1.1 Million Homeschooled Students in the United States in 2003], Nation Institute for Education Statistics</ref>