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Recent Examples of kindergarten
Had kindergarten let out for the year?
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
Research has been available for 30 years saying students in kindergarten and first grade should have 16-18 students in their class, yet our education code and funding are set at 31.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Lake Highland, a school that runs pre-kindergarten though 12th grade, also has a developmental program.
—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
Early Literacy Act invests millions, makes kindergarten mandatory One of the most significant measures signed into law is the Georgia Early Literacy Act.
—La'tasha Givens, CBS News, 6 May 2026
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
Research has been available for 30 years saying students in kindergarten and first grade should have 16-18 students in their class, yet our education code and funding are set at 31.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Lake Highland, a school that runs pre-kindergarten though 12th grade, also has a developmental program.
—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
Early Literacy Act invests millions, makes kindergarten mandatory One of the most significant measures signed into law is the Georgia Early Literacy Act.
—La'tasha Givens, CBS News, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kindergarten
- school
- high school
- public school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- junior high school
- primary school
- middle school
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College, Robbins believes, should be more bespoke; schools should cultivate their own character based on the charisma of professors, the novelty of their inquiries, and the quality of their instruction.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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Fox News Digital reached out to the school for comment.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2026
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Sue Hendrickson — who did not have a high school diploma — received her first university credentials in the form of an honorary doctorate of humane letters from the University of Illinois Chicago.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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The story follows a recent high school graduate who spends the summer with her absent mother and comes to know her in a different light, adult-to-adult.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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In December 2019, school district officials sent documentation of Agan’s firing, along with details of their investigation, to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, California’s educator licensing agency, as state law requires for public school teachers who resign or are fired for misconduct.—
Holly McDede,
ProPublica,
12 May 2026
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This school year alone, the TEA reports that Texas saw 75,000 fewer public school students.—
Andrea Lucia,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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Not only is Irish the Republic’s first official language, and compulsory from primary through to secondary school, it is required for entry into the civil service, and it is supported by its own radio station (Raidió na Gaeltachta) and TV station (TG4), and a range of promotional bodies.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 May 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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When those experiences are limited, children enter elementary school already behind.—
Tina Dello Russo,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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She’s served in the legislature since 2025, and her children attend a CMS elementary school.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
10 May 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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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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In 1983, author Ta-Nehisi Coates recalls learning that a 14-year-old boy was murdered in the corridor of his Baltimore middle school.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
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In 2025, lawmakers passed similar restrictions for Georgia elementary and middle school students.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
5 May 2026
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“Kindergarten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindergarten. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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