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Recent Examples of public school
Oklahoma has become a testing ground for reshaping public school curriculum to reflect conservative viewpoints, Make America Great Again priorities and a push for Christian nationalism in the classroom.
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Emery Petchauer, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
Every spring, California public school students in third through eighth grade, as well as 11th-graders, take comprehensive, end-of-year standardized tests in ELA and math as part of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, or CAASPP.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
Across Florida, traditional public school systems have seen steep enrollment declines, including a 14,000-student drop this year in Miami-Dade County.
—Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
One of the plaintiffs in the case was Tara Blunt, who, by this point, had withdrawn her son from public school and enrolled him at a private academy, despite the financial strain this imposed on her family.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2025
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Emery Petchauer, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
Every spring, California public school students in third through eighth grade, as well as 11th-graders, take comprehensive, end-of-year standardized tests in ELA and math as part of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, or CAASPP.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
Across Florida, traditional public school systems have seen steep enrollment declines, including a 14,000-student drop this year in Miami-Dade County.
—Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
One of the plaintiffs in the case was Tara Blunt, who, by this point, had withdrawn her son from public school and enrolled him at a private academy, despite the financial strain this imposed on her family.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 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
Noun
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Acuff won a high school state championship at the Breslin Center in 2023.—
Matt Byrne,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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After a dedication ceremony at his former high school, Dak Prescott said losing Kneeland left him with a heavy heart.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Peasley, 13, plans to attend trade school to earn her cosmetology license, and later pursue a degree to become a financial adviser.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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With birth rates declining and some Americans favoring trade school or going directly to the workforce after high school, universities are preparing for potentially catastrophic declines in enrollment in coming years.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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My junior high school yearbook picture drives that truth home.—
Josh Browning,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
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As the mean girl of the town's junior high school, Amber uses her popularity to hurt Kat instead of treating her nicely.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Hannah Pinski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Sep. 2025
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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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In 2007, McKeller released her first book, Math Doesn’t Suck, demystifying concepts like fractions, decimals, percents, and algebra for girls in middle school.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
5 Nov. 2025
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As of her gubernatorial win, Sherrill and Hedberg's younger son, Ike, is a sophomore at Montclair High School, while Marit is in middle school at Montclair Kimberley Academy.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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After graduating with a degree in history from the University of Ghana, Mahama taught at a secondary school before pursuing a post-graduate degree in social psychology in Moscow, graduating in 1988.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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There's no school for Vrana's two older children, who travel to Fourni for secondary school by ferry.—
Sarah McCammon,
NPR,
29 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, across the border, the Illinois governor delivered an address asking federal officials to suspend operations through the holiday weekend after their agents deployed tear gas and interrupted a Chicago grammar school’s Halloween festivities.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Jukes dabbled in basketball in grammar school before deciding to concentrate on volleyball.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
4 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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“Public school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20school. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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