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charter school

noun

Definition of charter schoolnext
as in magnet school

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Recent Examples of charter school Cheers rocked the school auditorium at a Brooklyn charter school Tuesday afternoon when Grammy and Emmy Award-winning musician Lizzo made a surprise visit to meet students and debut her new children's book. — Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 The Republican candidates are Andy Anuzis, who has worked as a charter school principal and the president of the charter school network Cornerstone Schools, and former WSU Board of Governors candidate Christa Murphy, who has worked in technology. — Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026 With a master’s in public administration from FIU, Avila is a college dean who earned $62,000 last year at a small online school, Doral College, a job that aligns him closely with the growing charter school movement. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026 Confidential student records are sitting in a vacated building nearly eight weeks after a charter school permanently closed its doors, officials from the state and the school said, though both sides disagree on who is at fault. — Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for charter school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charter school
  1. magnet school
  2. high school
  3. public school
  4. grammar school
  5. elementary school
  6. secondary school
  7. trade school
  8. junior high school
Noun
  • The magnet school was among the district's strategies to attract students from across the city.
    — Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Then, in 2009, the school district opened Terra, another entirely magnet school that sits on the northern edge of Killian’s attendance boundary.
    — Austin Horn August 29, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of magnet school
Noun
  • In academic performance, boys lag well behind girls in elementary school, high school, and college, where female undergraduates now outnumber their male peers roughly 2 to 1.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Recommendations From the Star-Telegram, a story on a top high school baseball pitcher being ruled ineligible in Texas for transferring for athletic reasons.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of high school
Noun
  • Roughly 12 hours after Georgia Tech announced one of its students was missing, the Midtown Atlanta public school said he’s been found.
    — Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • End-of-year ATLAS results for Arkansas public school students showed a rise in student proficiency in math and English across grade levels from spring 2025 to spring 2026, according to the Education Department.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of public school
Noun
  • Lowden and Smith were grammar school classmates and later served time together in Wethersfield.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
  • Can states ban transgender kids from playing sports in grammar school, when boys and girls routinely play on the same teams?
    — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 30 June 2026
Definition of grammar school
Noun
  • The museum tends to attract a broad swath of ages, from middle school on up to senior citizens—though school vacation periods do bring in a younger, elementary school–aged crowd, too.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Three children and a woman were taken to the hospital Thursday morning after being hit by a vehicle near a Modesto elementary school.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of elementary school
Noun
  • The killing took place last October at the secondary school in Selangor, near Kuala Lumpur, defense attorney Kitson Foong said, per the Independent.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Murphy noted that George, however, is the first future monarch to attend a secondary school like Eton in the age of smartphones and social media, requiring even more privacy precautions than in the past.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • In 2020, a sheriff’s deputy shot trade school student Andres Guardado, 18, in the back several times, killing him.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Whether students are considering college, trade school or another path altogether, families increasingly want evidence that the choice will pay off.
    — Jason St. Angelo, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of trade school
Noun
  • From medicine to computer science After his kindergarten experience watching a brain surgery video, Alwakeel had little opportunity to pursue his medical dreams in elementary and junior high school.
    — Beth Reese Cravey, Florida Times-Union, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Becerra was quiet and serious when Franco first met him in junior high school, but slowly warmed up to other students.
    — Ben Paviour August 17, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of junior high school

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