state school是什么学校？

立新老师在他的博客让大家猜猜美国的state school到底是什么学校，有意思，搜一下。
1. 金山词霸中的state school：
state school          n. 公立学校，国立学校
2. Google的 define：state school：
State school is an expression used in the United Kingdom and other countries apart from the United States to distinguish   schools provided by the government from public schools which are in fact private institutions.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_school
3. 最全的是anwers.com给出的state school：
State school is an expression used inAustralia,New Zealand, and theUnited Kingdom to distinguish schools provided by the government from privately run schools.
United Kingdom
State schools are so called in contrast to privately funded and operatedindependent schools. Independent schools are commonly called "public schools" in England, because enrollment is open to the general public - provided the public in question can afford the fees. Enrollment in the English "private school," by comparison, is closed to the general public.
InScotland, where the eductional system is distinctly different from the rest of UK, the term public school is used by many to refer to state schools (here,public meaning publicly-supported), which is the usage one also finds inCanada and theUnited States.
ThroughoutU.K., state schools are under the control of local councils (Local Education Authorities inEngland and Wales), save for cases where independent schools are funded directly as inCity Academies. Thus in the great majority of cases the phrase "state school" is a misnomer, and the more correct term maintained school is used in technical literature.
Some maintained schools are partially funded by religious or other charitable bodies; these are known asvoluntary aided schools orvoluntary controlled schools.
The oldest state school in England isBeverley Grammar School, which was founded in700CE.
Australia
In Australia state schools are the responsibility of the state governments. States Schools grew out of the system of National Schools in the mid-19th century.
Queensland State SchoolsQueensland State High Schools
United States
In theUnited States, state school is a colloquial term forstate university, a college or university in a state university system.Public school refers to primary and secondary schools which are funded and/or run by a governmental entity.
State school is also a term used somewhat condescendingly or derisively by students and alumni of some "University of" schools to refer to "State University" schools of the same state, e.g., referring to anyCalifornia State University from the perspective of theUniversity of California.
结论（不知正确与否）：
1. 在英国、澳大利亚、新西兰： state school就是指公立学校，和public school相区别。public school在英国是私立学校，而在美国、苏格兰和加拿大则正相反，public school是指公立中小学。
2.美国的state school的含义有：第一，就是作为州立大学（state university）的通俗用语，即指州立大学系统（state university system）中的学院或大学。第二，以州命名的大学（例如，加州大学University of California）学生或毕业生对本州州立大学系统（例如，Califormia State University）中的学校的一种带有优越感和嘲弄意味的称呼。
加州大学University of California和加州州立大学Califormia State University有很大的不同，加州大学大家都应该很熟悉了，美国著名的牛校，是公立大学，包括好几个校区，其中最著名的就是加州伯克利分校。加州州立大学则是指的一个系统，是加州州属院校的合并而成，比加州大学档次要低很多。
不过好像还没有回答张老师的问题，呵呵
另外涉及的school
public school （美国传统词典）
n.  abbr:P.S.
An elementary or secondary school in the United States supported by public funds and providing free education for children of a community or district.
公学在美国由公共基金支持的为某一社团或地区的孩子提供免费教育的小学或初中
A private boarding school in Great Britain for pupils between the ages of 13 and 18.
私有寄宿学校在英国为13-18岁的学生开办的一种私人寄宿学校
public school     n  （现代英汉词典）
公学；私立寄宿学校
（苏格兰、美国的）公立小学（或中学）