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Recent Examples of public school
Debra Whiteley used it for home internet and a printer for her 12-year-old daughter, who attends public school in north-central Idaho.
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Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 18 Apr. 2025
What supporters and opponents say about vouchers Supporters say education savings accounts are needed to give parents more say in their child’s education, while opponents say the money would be better used on public schools.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article Over the past year, themes of communication and collaboration have been preached in the La Jolla Cluster Association, which includes principals, parents and teachers from the five local public schools in the San Diego Unified School District.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
Miami-Dade public schools are set to receive roughly $3.5 billion in property taxes this year to educate more than 300,000 students.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
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Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 18 Apr. 2025
What supporters and opponents say about vouchers Supporters say education savings accounts are needed to give parents more say in their child’s education, while opponents say the money would be better used on public schools.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article Over the past year, themes of communication and collaboration have been preached in the La Jolla Cluster Association, which includes principals, parents and teachers from the five local public schools in the San Diego Unified School District.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
Miami-Dade public schools are set to receive roughly $3.5 billion in property taxes this year to educate more than 300,000 students.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 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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Before attending Princeton, Blackburn was a standout high school student chosen as one of 2,500 students for the National Merit Scholarship in 2019, according to WAVE.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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In high school in Idaho, Loveland was all-everything.—
Kevin Fishbain,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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In exchange for their volunteer service, members receive modest living stipends and money for college or trade school expenses.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
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The national scholarship is paid directly to the American college, vocational, technical or trade school of the winner’s choice within five years after high school graduation.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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And in a third incident, Sobel said, a junior high school student in Weston found two swastikas in his football locker.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
26 Feb. 2025
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But then in junior high school my world was rocked by one man: Bobby Caldwell.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 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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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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Her first inspiration: Catherine C. Blackwell, a pioneer in African and African-American studies and the namesake of Brewer’s middle school.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
1 May 2025
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The beloved quartet of novels follows members of a middle school track team; each student has their own book, including Ghost, a finalist for the National Book Award, Patina, Sunny and Lu.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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In France and Switzerland, secondary schools are beginning to use Beekee devices to give students digital access without exposing them fully to the internet during class.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
19 Apr. 2025
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Jaz Johnson, a 23-year-old from Brighton, is a pastoral officer (a British cross between a social worker, guidance counselor, and student support staff) at a local secondary school.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
23 Mar. 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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As a kid in Los Angeles’s Chatsworth neighborhood, growing up on a property that had once belonged to cowboy star Roy Rogers, Kilmer began studying acting in grammar school, already dreaming of emulating Hollywood’s eccentric nonpareil, Marlon Brando.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
8 Apr. 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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About six companies specially recruit junior and senior high school students every fall, according to its website.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Public school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20school. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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