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Recent Examples of public school
At the same time, Ohio was told by the courts thirty years ago to fix its public school funding system, and finally settled on the Cupp-Patterson Plan to start in 2022.
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Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Prosecutors alleged Roberts knowingly lacked employment authorization for nearly all of his two-decade career in urban education and submitted a counterfeit Social Security card when he was hired as superintendent of the Des Moines public school district, which serves 30,000 students.
—Hannah Fingerhut, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Education reform emerged as a pivotal topic Thursday evening, particularly given that statewide statistics reveal fewer than half of Minnesota’s public school students are reading at or above their grade level.
—Jake Przytarski, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026
The passion continued after enrolling as a fourth grader at iQ Academy of Los Angeles, an online public school.
—Marianne Love, Daily News, 29 May 2026
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Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Prosecutors alleged Roberts knowingly lacked employment authorization for nearly all of his two-decade career in urban education and submitted a counterfeit Social Security card when he was hired as superintendent of the Des Moines public school district, which serves 30,000 students.
—Hannah Fingerhut, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Education reform emerged as a pivotal topic Thursday evening, particularly given that statewide statistics reveal fewer than half of Minnesota’s public school students are reading at or above their grade level.
—Jake Przytarski, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026
The passion continued after enrolling as a fourth grader at iQ Academy of Los Angeles, an online public school.
—Marianne Love, Daily News, 29 May 2026
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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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Very common to see in UIL Texas high school basketball playoffs.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 June 2026
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Only about 2% of high school football players land full athletic scholarships, making America’s favorite sport a difficult ticket to secure for a player.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
11 June 2026
Noun
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With only about a month left before graduation, eligible high school seniors across Los Angeles County still have time to claim scholarship funding worth up to $1,500 to pay for college, trade school or other education expenses.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 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
Noun
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Families can enter the junior high school through the bus turnaround on North Conejo Avenue near the gym.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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The beginning of Operation Homecoming, the return of POWs, was scheduled for the same night as the junior high school’s Valentine’s Day dance, Saturday, February 10, 1973, just a few weeks after the official signing of the Paris Peace Accords, ending America’s military involvement in Vietnam.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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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.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Amid a national push to reduce screen time in schools, elementary and middle school students report less of their free time is spent reading.—
Ashley Mowreader,
NBC news,
10 June 2026
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In October 2025, a rabid raccoon was captured inside a Baltimore middle school after getting in through an open door.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
Noun
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The march was organized by the Confederation of Chilean Students and supported by other organizations, including the Teachers’ Union, secondary school student associations, and feminist groups.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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The bus was coming from the academy’s secondary school just over a mile away on Brewster Street.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
2 June 2026
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The son of a minor industrialist in Karachi, Naqvi studied at a British-style grammar school and then the London School of Economics, before working at Amex and Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm that would later be destroyed in the Enron scandal.—
Hettie O'Brien,
The Dial,
21 Apr. 2026
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After the school board decided not to appeal, the students returned to the grammar school.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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This would be required for elementary, junior and senior high schools.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 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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“Public school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20school. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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