common school

noun

: a free public school

Examples of common school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026

Being outside of the scope of the requirement of the statutory definition of the common school system, charter schools fail to meet the definition required of a common school. — Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026

Lawyers representing charter school interests argued such funding is constitutional as charter schools are held accountable by the state and fit the Kentucky Constitution's definition of a common school. — Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025

The other, equally significant lesson is that the democratic and republican principals that propelled Mann’s vision of the common school have colored many Americans’ assumptions about public schooling ever since. — Joseph P. Tomain, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1503, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for common school

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