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Recent Examples of common school
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.
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Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Feb. 2026
Here are the most common schools represented among ASU grads in 2025:
Engineering
Liberal Arts and Sciences
New College
Teachers College
Design and the Arts
Health Solutions
Public Service and Community Solutions
Helen Rummel covers higher education for The Arizona Republic.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 12 May 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
Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Feb. 2026
Here are the most common schools represented among ASU grads in 2025:
Engineering
Liberal Arts and Sciences
New College
Teachers College
Design and the Arts
Health Solutions
Public Service and Community Solutions
Helen Rummel covers higher education for The Arizona Republic.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 12 May 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
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
Noun
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Zamora supports giving middle and high school communities the option to have an officer on campus at least part-time.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Brown played tackle football in high school at Central Heights in Richmond, Kansas, about 15 miles from Ottawa, before becoming a record-setting linebacker for the program.—
PJ Green
April 30,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
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Since then, the Department of Health has started the rulemaking process of repealing requirements for Hepatitis B, varicella (chicken pox), Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines for public school attendance.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Crooms, a Seminole County public school, has had boys volleyball for 16 years but scored its first district title with its 1A District 5 final victory over Cornerstone.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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After completing secondary school, Keiko moved to the United States to attend Stony Brook University.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 May 2026
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The surviving children of Tumbler Ridge, meanwhile, attend classes in trailers, as their rural mining town’s empty secondary school awaits demolition.—
Maggie Harrison Dupré,
Futurism,
29 Apr. 2026
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An online streamer raising money to build a trade school program for underserved kids was hit by a car during his cross-country fundraising walk — and his livestream captured it all.—
Kaitlyn McCormick,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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The contest has three student categories for grades K-8, grades 9-2 and college/trade school students.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Educational radio has been used in many countries for a wide range of subject areas including public health, rural development, literacy training, nutrition education, and in support of primary school education and instruction.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 Apr. 2026
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At Harlem Grown’s 134th Street Farm, Charles planted lavender and mustard seeds with primary school children and visited a chicken coop.—
Philip Marcelo,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Yet running in a pro race in Europe after that senior high school season in 2004, Rupp came up more than 36 seconds off of Chapa’s time.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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The Denver Post will present the April Heinrichs Award to an extraordinary senior high school girls soccer player from Colorado who’s also a star in the classroom and the community.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
1 Mar. 2026
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Two days after the hearing a class of junior high school students unrolled a fifty-foot-long petition down the middle aisle of the city council chamber in nearby Baytown.—
Scott W. Stern,
The New York Review of Books,
13 Apr. 2026
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Years later, when his son was in junior high school, his teacher asked him to help his son with a history project.—
Edie Kasten,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Smaller children from a nearby elementary school were availing themselves of climbers, slides, and beams.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Calling for the accountability of the war crimes that have been committed through our military action against Venezuela and Iran, specifically regarding double taps and the bombing of Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school.—
Kevin Fixler
May 3,
Idaho Statesman,
3 May 2026
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“Common school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/common%20school. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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