Residential education, broadly defined, is a pre-college
education
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. ...
provided in an environment where
student
A student is a person enrolled in a school or other educational institution.
In the United Kingdom and most commonwealth countries, a "student" attends a secondary school or higher (e.g., college or university); those in primary or elementa ...
s both live and learn outside their family homes. Some typical forms of residential education include
boarding schools,
preparatory schools,
orphanage
An orphanage is a residential institution, total institution or group home, devoted to the care of orphans and children who, for various reasons, cannot be cared for by their biological families. The parents may be deceased, absent, or abu ...
s, children and youth villages, residential academies, military schools and, most recently, residential charter schools.
References
* Flint, Anthony, "Boarding School Approach to Youths At Risk Questioned", ''Boston Globe'', August 16, 1993.
* Goldsmith, Heidi, "The Renaissance of Residential Education in the U.S." Conference Summary, October 2000.
External links
CORE: the Coalition for Residential EducationWashington, DC Metropolitan Area
School types
Total institutions
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