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Recent Examples of public school
McMahon, a Trump administration appointee, launched similar investigations this spring against public schools in Maine and California for having policies that kept schools from outing students to their families.
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Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
California is home to the largest public school system in the nation, with more than 6.3 million students and 10,000 schools, Tony Thurmond, state superintendent of public instruction and bill cosponsor, said in a news briefing hosted by the EWG on August 6.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
Protestants were split on their views about how much sway religion has on public school curriculum, the poll found.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
The plaintiffs also argued that the voucher program was taking money that should be directed to public schools.
—Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
California is home to the largest public school system in the nation, with more than 6.3 million students and 10,000 schools, Tony Thurmond, state superintendent of public instruction and bill cosponsor, said in a news briefing hosted by the EWG on August 6.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
Protestants were split on their views about how much sway religion has on public school curriculum, the poll found.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
The plaintiffs also argued that the voucher program was taking money that should be directed to public schools.
—Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for public school
- high school
- trade school
- junior high school
- common school
- middle school
- secondary school
- grammar school
- senior high school
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The after-school program paid 15 high school juniors and seniors from across the county to attend get togethers at OCMA biweekly to learn about curatorial practice and all facets of arts administration.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Clayton’s competitiveness and toughness developed as a high school football star, along with his clutch play on college basketball’s biggest stage continued to elevate his NBA stock.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 June 2025
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Most trade schools are for-profit, and both trade schools and the broader for-profit higher education sector—which has a history marred by fraud, abuse and controversy—seem poised to thrive under Trump and a Republican Congress.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Undergraduates are said to have ever more pre-professional orientations at the expense of the liberal arts; one professor ruefully described the place as the world’s most élite trade school.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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The controversy in Loudoun County came the day after parents and residents clashed at a school board meeting in the Chicago area on Monday after a trans junior high school student won multiple events at a local track meet.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2025
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Students at Evanston Academy, which would turn into the district's junior high school for the east corridor, would go to Frederick Douglass instead.—
Madeline Mitchell,
The Enquirer,
9 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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Ryan Gosling is a middle school teacher who is tasked with a mission somehow more impossible than getting his students to care, well, about anything, in the first trailer for Project Hail Mary.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
30 June 2025
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That’s right: Gosling is leading the feature as a middle school biology teacher who travels to space to save the universe.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
30 June 2025
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In some cases, the similarities between the Ivy League and prestigious secondary schools are not coincidental, but the result of deep historical ties.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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The most recent ruled that Maine’s tuition assistance to parents in districts lacking public secondary schools can be used at religious institutions.—
Charles J. Russo,
The Conversation,
23 May 2025
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In 1966, the school was moved to Breightmet, maintaining its status as a grammar school.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The settlement boasted both a high school and a grammar school – yet the lecture hall of the complex was only unearthed this past March.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The couple moved to Long Prairie in 1963, where Everett continued his 35-year teaching career in both junior and senior high school science.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
20 Feb. 2024
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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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