in school
idiom
US
: attending school as a student
My parents won't let me get a job while I'm in school.
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Yet most of those families are still systematically behind due to racial inequality, and Black families, of all kinds, are facing discrimination that leads to higher suspension and expulsion rates in school, lower on-time high school completion rates, and not enough financial resources.
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Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
The context of some of the responses suggested that this priority became a norm during the pandemic when children were not in school and working from home was more chaotic.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Auburn also landed two of the top three junior-college transfers and two top-100 freshmen, an impressive reload following the best season in school history.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Third grade reading scores are raised as the bellwether in the state's reading crisis, because the ability to read by third grade can often portend a student's success in school and after, research claims.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
The context of some of the responses suggested that this priority became a norm during the pandemic when children were not in school and working from home was more chaotic.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Auburn also landed two of the top three junior-college transfers and two top-100 freshmen, an impressive reload following the best season in school history.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Third grade reading scores are raised as the bellwether in the state's reading crisis, because the ability to read by third grade can often portend a student's success in school and after, research claims.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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“In school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20school. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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