Here is more rules for fair use for all types of media that would be used in the classroom. Things from illustrations, music, text, motions media, etc. all have specific "rules" for what is considered fair use.

Here is an activity for teachers to become more familiar with the copyright and fair use policies. Would be great for a principal or administrator to give to faculty.

This is a good video for students to learn about copyright.

PBS helps make a point that most of us just assume is alright most of the time.

This article discusses the impact the recession has had on parents making the decision to pull their children out of public school. It also mentions the difficult time these children are having making this transition.

NAEP looked at students in private and public school in the 4th and 8th grade and compared the two with and without taking into accout socioeconomic differences.

In a research done by Sarah Thuele Lubienski and her husband Christopher, they found that once they controlled for a family's socioeconomic background, students who attended public school actually outperformed private school slightly.

Researchers ask the question if private schools result in better scores than public schools. At first it was found that students in private perform no differently than their public school peers once Socioeconomic Statuses are removed, on test of their achievement. It was later found that students who had attended private schools outperform their public school peers on test of their developmental abilities.

This article lists all the benefits of attending a private school versus attending a public one.