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schoolteachers don't always get the summers off, for some teach during that period as well
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In 2011, schoolteacher Ellen Greenberg was found dead on the kitchen floor of her Philadelphia apartment with some 20 knife wounds and numerous bruises.
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Brandon Griggs, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Jasna Djuricic stars as a local schoolteacher working as an interpreter for the UN’s Dutch peacekeepers, who tries desperately to secure the safety of her husband and two young adult sons.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
Though the staffing cuts could lead to a reduction of support and services for schools across the country, schoolteachers largely continue to get paid, as most public schools are funded significantly through local and state means.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Anat, the mother, is a schoolteacher who has passed on to her pupils and to her child the ethos of military service in defense of the country.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
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Brandon Griggs, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Jasna Djuricic stars as a local schoolteacher working as an interpreter for the UN’s Dutch peacekeepers, who tries desperately to secure the safety of her husband and two young adult sons.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
Though the staffing cuts could lead to a reduction of support and services for schools across the country, schoolteachers largely continue to get paid, as most public schools are funded significantly through local and state means.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Anat, the mother, is a schoolteacher who has passed on to her pupils and to her child the ethos of military service in defense of the country.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for schoolteacher
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“Schoolteacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolteacher. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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schoolteacher
noun
school·teach·er
-ˌtē-chər 
: a person who teaches school
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