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Recent Examples of common school
Lawyers representing charter school interests argued such funding is constitutional as charter schools are held accountable by the state and fit the Kentucky Constitution's definition of a common school.
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Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
The common school movement also advocated for the right of girls to attend public schools—the first co-educational high school in America only opened in 1840—which became widespread by the 1870s.
—Richard Stengel, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025
Indiana code requires the court to forfeit the bond of a defendant who fails to appear in court and transfer the bond amount to the state common school fund, according to the audit.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
With one sentence, vouchers would become constitutional in Kentucky:
The General Assembly may provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
While my office receives state dollars for each student taught, these two schools don’t have access to other funding mechanisms available to common school districts.
—Nick Sullivan, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2024
These programs are making mountain biking a common school sport.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 May 2024
Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
The common school movement also advocated for the right of girls to attend public schools—the first co-educational high school in America only opened in 1840—which became widespread by the 1870s.
—Richard Stengel, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025
Indiana code requires the court to forfeit the bond of a defendant who fails to appear in court and transfer the bond amount to the state common school fund, according to the audit.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
With one sentence, vouchers would become constitutional in Kentucky:
The General Assembly may provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
While my office receives state dollars for each student taught, these two schools don’t have access to other funding mechanisms available to common school districts.
—Nick Sullivan, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2024
These programs are making mountain biking a common school sport.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for common school
- high school
- public school
- secondary school
- trade school
- primary school
- senior high school
- junior high school
- elementary school
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The famed director, who played the instrument in his high school band, also resurfaced the talent for the score of Jaws decades later.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Paul Martinez has seen a lot of baseball, but the long-time high school coach couldn’t wait for Friday night’s Athletics game to start.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Elevate, which consults widely across pro and college sports, said the vehicle was fully funded by private equity firm Velocity Capital Management and the Texas Permanent School Fund (TPSF), a special-purpose government corporation that oversees a nearly $60 billion public school endowment.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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The results were about the same from the 2023-24 school year, with public school students' performance on the reading portion of the exam improving by less than a percentage point.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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According to Florida law, that includes police stations, prisons, polling places, elementary or secondary school buildings and locations where open carry is prohibited by federal law.—
Max Rego,
The Hill,
16 Sep. 2025
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Inspired by the colonial Singapore gangsters rulers, four girls, at a modern-day regimented elite secondary school form their own gang cam-recording petty acts of rebellion, led by firebrand freethinking lesbian Choo Xin Yu.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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At the moment, Geisel said, the trade school is fully staffed, but that doesn’t account for the long waitlists its programs have.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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It was always expected that my siblings and I would either go to college or trade school.—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
15 Sep. 2025
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On Friday afternoon, around 200 guests including local journalists, influencers, shopping mall representatives, VIP shoppers, 12 local primary school students and a living buddha witnessed the explosive work live.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
21 Sep. 2025
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One in three primary school teachers were on strike nationwide, and nearly one in two walked off the job in Paris, the FSU-SNUipp union said.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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Two senior high school students at the San Diego Unified School District encouraged their peers in a blog post to avoid participating in the challenge.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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Nothing was normal about this all-star matchup, which pitted 99 of the South Bay’s best senior high school football players against each other on North and South teams.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2025
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The words were handwritten in pencil by a junior high school student named Katie Hawkins in 1953.—
April White,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Sep. 2025
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Police said the incident began with a physical altercation at a north-area junior high school, which officials did not name.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Matt Critell, principal of a Greenville elementary school, told WYFF 4 that Greenville County serves over 80,000 student meals a day, including breakfast, lunch and after-school snacks.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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The shooting took place 834 feet from a high school and also close to an elementary school, prosecutors said, explaining the additional charge.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Common school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/common%20school. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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