10 October 2008 Kuwait City - Private school owners who failed to find alternate premises for their schools are largely to blame for the confusion and chaos that marked the beginning of the new academic year, Al-Watan Arabic daily quoted Director of Students' Affairs and Examinations Department at Private Education Sector Fawziya Al-Hadhoud as saying.

Brooklyn's Trey Whitfield School earns top scores (New York Daily News)

Recent outstanding test scores have highlighted the successes of Brooklyn's Trey Whitfield School, a 25-year-old private institution located in one of the city's most underperforming school districts.

School board sets sixth grade work session (Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil)

Council Bluffs School Board members will discuss the proposal to move the sixth grade into the junior high system when they meet for a private work session Tuesday.

Pa. teen charged in death of Mexican immigrant loses bid to be sent to private school (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

POTTSVILLE, Pa. - A Pennsylvania teen charged with killing a Mexican man has lost a bid to be sent to private school on the taxpayers' dime. Brandon Piekarsky is charged with third-degree murder in the July beating death of 24-year-old Luis Ramirez.

Only three private day cares open on island (Galveston County Daily News)

GALVESTON — Only three private licensed child care facilities have been able to open on Galveston following Hurricane Ike.