Prep Schools

WATCH: Prep School Rap

Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Video, White People Things, Preppiness, Rapping Kids, Rapping, High School, Prep Schools, Phillips Andover, Urlesque, Philips Andover Academy, Comedy News

Phillips Andover Academy might be one of the most academically competitive private high schools in New England, but they want you to know that they're...

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The Price of Privilege: Inheriting the Earth, Like It or Not

Betsy Perry | Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Environmentalism, Sustainable Energy, Education, Prep Schools, Wind Energy, Privilege, Earth Day, Windspire, Earth Week, New York News
Betsy Perry

While our public school kids are fighting for a hot breakfast and desk space, these lucky duck kids are the ones who may have the money and time to focus on the quality of life going forward.

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UK Goes Forward To The Past! A Cabinet That Looks Like... Eton (No Blacks, Gays or Jews Need Apply)

Martin Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Mrs. Mopps, Cleaning Ladies, Elite, Cabinet, Conservative Party, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Ethnic Diversity, Prep Schools, Toffs, Eton, Privilege, Gender Diversity, Colonialism, The Dashed Natives Are Restless!, Zulus, World News
Martin Lewis

Fortunately for this true-blue Tory son of the landed gentry, David Cameron has been able to pick a cabinet that looks like his alma-mater -- Britain's most exclusive, elite, boys-only private school Eton.

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Kids from the 'Hood: Wendy Williams, Barack Obama and The Prep School Negroes

David Kaufman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Children, Prep Schools, Edcuation, Wendy Williams, Barack Obama, Entertainment News
David Kaufman

As the Obama presidency and economic downturn confirm, we're living in a period of both unprecedented possibility and vast economic inequality for African Americans.

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The Gunnery Sex Scandal: Robert Reinhardt, Former Prep School Dean, Charged With 4th Sexual Assault

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LITCHFIELD, Conn. — The former dean of an exclusive Connecticut boarding school has been charged with sexually assaulting a fourth student. For...

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Gossip Hurl: Real NYC Prepsters Trash New Bravo Reality Show

WSJ | Lucy Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NYC Prep, Upper East Side, Bravo TV, Private Schools, New York City, NYC Prep Schools, Gossip Girl, Prep Schools, Bravo, New York City Private Schools, Real Gossip Girl, Nightingale School, New York, New York News

Good morning, Upper East Siders: Bravo is turning its arriviste lens on the world of New York City private schools, and you may not be very happy abo...

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Elite Prep Schools Equipped With College-Size Endowments

New York Times | GERALDINE FABRIKANT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prep School, Prep Schools, Endowments, Prep School Endowments, Choate, Phillips Exeter, Business News

When Curtis Thomas, a 14-year-old from a poor family living in St. Rose, La., arrived here two years ago to attend Phillips Exeter Academy, he brought...

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