Definition of reform school
: a reformatory for boys or girls
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The New York Times previously reported that as a child, Fitzgerald was sent to a reform school by a family court order.
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Ethan Allen operated as a juvenile detention center and reform school from 1959 until July 2011, but according to State Rep. Cindi Duchow's office, the facility has not been mentioned as a potential site for the one of the new teen prisons.
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Social justice advocates have embraced the film to spark conversation about reforming school discipline.
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Born in London in 1903, Hope moved to Cleveland at age 4 and endured hard times growing up, including reform school.
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In the early 1960s at the Wiltwyck School for Boys in New York, a reform school for mostly black and Latino youths, Dr. Minuchin began to question the traditional wisdom of leaving families out of the treatment picture.
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At the time, Tillinghast hadn’t been living at home for almost a year; she’d been sent to a reform school for girls after pleading guilty to a possession of marijuana charge.
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Even by the standards of boxing, Mr. LaMotta was a rough-hewn specimen, a product of the New York slums who learned his brutal trade on street corners and in reform school.
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Sevanavank Monastery, Sevan Think of Sevanavank as a holy reform school; monks from Ejmiatsin were sent here after committing a sin.
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First Known Use of reform school
circa 1859
REFORM SCHOOL Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of reform school for English Language Learners
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: a place where young people who have committed crimes are sent to live and be taught to behave in ways that are socially acceptable
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