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Sunday school

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as in charter school

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Noun

Abbott also has the endorsement of Charters Schools Now, which works to mobilize public charter school supporters.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026
The district’s facility division acquired the land and managed the construction, which began in 2011, with the Camino Nuevo charter school opening in 2013.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of charter school

Noun

Tan-Gillespie ultimately stayed with the chain throughout secondary school, later rising to assistant general manager.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Some primary and secondary school exams scheduled for those days were also postponed in Mauritius and on the nearby islands of Rodrigues and Agaléga, while international exams would go ahead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of secondary school

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Baulwin, a former elementary school teacher appointed to the board in 2025, emphasized support for students with disabilities, community partnerships and expanding career education opportunities.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Hong Kong — A former elementary school teacher has been propelled into the ranks of paper billionaires in China after the stock debut of his company selling tape and other adhesive products to tech giants, according to Forbes.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of elementary school

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Parents and students at a Charlotte magnet school say a district plan to adjust their bell schedule could drive families away from the program.

— Mary Ramsey October 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026
The district also plans to open a new K-8 magnet school with an arts emphasis at Hulstrom's current campus in Northglenn.

— Tori Mason, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of magnet school

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Barrett noted a berm already exists along the primary school's south side.

— Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Her experience as a primary school music teacher reflected a wider lifelong love of music, and much of her work centred around this.

— Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of primary school

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Santa Margarita’s domination in high school girls golf continued Monday, with the Eagles winning the Southern Section Division 1 team title by four strokes over Orange Lutheran at Los Serranos Golf Club in Chino Hills.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
That's how 17-year-old high school senior Alex Zaret described the college admissions process, during a tour of the Skidmore College campus — the fourth school Zaret had visited, with another half-dozen to go.

— Jon Marcus, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of high school

Noun

My understanding is that there’s not a private school and then public school system like there is in America.

— Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
Cothiere, a Haitian-American public school educator who is married to Democratic State Representative Wallace Aristide, excelled in precincts located in North Miami and North Miami Beach, where there are significant Haitian communities.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of public school

Noun

Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, 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

Definition of common school

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