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Michael Fitzgerald is the principal of a private elementary school in New York focused on classics, immersion in nature, and nurturing strong moral character.
‘The impact has been very pronounced with inflation high,’ Futurity’s chief executive said.
Half a century ago, the world of private education was under serious pressure. Threatened by an emboldened political left keen to abolish private schools or incorporate them into the state sector, and confronted by a changing economic environment, the leading so-called “public” schools and others after them began to care a lot more about academic success. The next few decades saw a transformation in these schools’ achievements, with many becoming nation-beating academic powerhouses.
