escuela/colegio particular - subvencionado  Discussion in
'Spanish-English Vocabulary / Vocabulario Español-Inglés'
started by newdoomer, Aug 4, 2007.    1. newdoomer
newdoomer Senior Member      Pirque, Chile     Chile - Español
In Chile we have a least three types of school:      Public
schools, "colegios particulares" (private school) and "colegios
particular - subvencionados" this kind of school is a privare
school that recieves aid from the government. Is there a term in
Englsih to describe this type of schools?      My try (I'm not
sure)     "Private-subsidized", "private - government
subsidized"      Thanks in advance   2. anam      anam Senior
Member      Spanish, Spain     subsidised (o subsidized) private
schools?   3. ween New Member      English - USA     In the US
within the last 10-15 years, a new type of publically funded
school has come into existence. It's called a "charter school."
Charter schools came about in response to the perception that
the public schools were inadequate or f