parent-teacher association
noun
variants
often Parent-Teacher Association
: an organization of local groups of teachers and the parents of their pupils that works for the improvement of the schools and the benefit of the pupils
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Martin had also rattled several parent-teacher associations by sharing her views with local children.
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Shayla Love, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
Community perspectives split The Independence School Board endorsed the four-day school week earlier this month, while the Independence Council PTA — a coalition of parent-teacher associations across the district — has declined to take a formal stance one way or the other.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
Toni Emehel Toni Emehel is a first-time school board candidate and a longtime CMS parent and parent-teacher association member.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
Dorothy Leonard, who had risen in the early 1970s from parent-teacher association volunteer to president of the local neighborhood group, the Navajo Community Planners, had supported Stirling in his 1977 race for City Council.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
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Shayla Love, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
Community perspectives split The Independence School Board endorsed the four-day school week earlier this month, while the Independence Council PTA — a coalition of parent-teacher associations across the district — has declined to take a formal stance one way or the other.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
Toni Emehel Toni Emehel is a first-time school board candidate and a longtime CMS parent and parent-teacher association member.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
Dorothy Leonard, who had risen in the early 1970s from parent-teacher association volunteer to president of the local neighborhood group, the Navajo Community Planners, had supported Stirling in his 1977 race for City Council.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Parent-teacher association.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parent-teacher%20association. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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