The Economist features two interesting articles on the state of private schools in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Staying on board” – In both America and Britain recession has so far done little to dent the demand for private education.

Learning lessons from private schools” – The right and wrong ways to get more poor youngsters into the world?s great universities.

For information about North Carolina’s private schools, I recommend “Building a Case for School Choice: Initial Results from a Survey of North Carolina’s Private Schools.”