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Recent Examples of public school
This shift would make Florida the only state without vaccination requirements for public school attendance.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
That includes letter grades for each public school as well as information about student growth and low-performing schools.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the National Center for Education Statistics reports that over half of public school leaders believe phones negatively impact learning and teacher morale, and over two-thirds believe there is a negative impact on student mental health.
—Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
But proficiency levels didn't decline in every public school or district.
—Elissa Robinson, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
That includes letter grades for each public school as well as information about student growth and low-performing schools.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the National Center for Education Statistics reports that over half of public school leaders believe phones negatively impact learning and teacher morale, and over two-thirds believe there is a negative impact on student mental health.
—Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
But proficiency levels didn't decline in every public school or district.
—Elissa Robinson, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 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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Mizzou won 24-10, and the nectar of victory was especially sweet for MU tight end Michael Egnew, who was recruited by both schools in high school.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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Like their characters, the ensemble has made big choices since graduating from high school, including whether to go or pass on college in the name of, or despite, their burgeoning careers.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Maxey is enrolling in a trade school to become an electrician.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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The replica is spending the month of August at a trade school in nearby Nürtingen, where apprentices learn to restore and maintain classic cars.—
Ian Baker
August 24,
New Atlas,
24 Aug. 2025
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Mayor Shiro Suzuki, along with members of the Nagasaki City Council, 16 junior high school students, and others, are in St. Paul to commemorate 70 years of partnership as sister cities.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
22 Aug. 2025
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Today Vineyard is an international body of churches, but at the time one of its only chapters met in Dad’s old junior high school.—
Nancy Walecki,
The Atlantic,
7 Aug. 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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Trump and his hogmen are co-opting actual Nazi lingo from the gutter of the internet, speaking in references only Fox News viewers and Q-Anon adherents can parse, and rehabilitating the r-word as some sort of edgy pose that the rest of us learned was cruel in middle school.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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Prior to the changes, Shawnee was the only middle school option in west Louisville, and only about 400 students attended the 6-12 school.—
Krista Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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During a soccer game in secondary school, Kamara accidentally fouled his friend, who fell and broke his arm.—
Sophia Li,
NPR,
17 Aug. 2025
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The cost of elementary and secondary school lunches rose 3.3% in May 2025 relative to May 2024, according to a consumer price index report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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But what can’t be turned into banter is the fact that Dyer’s mother was responsible for cooking much of that food—at the very school young Geoff attended before grammar school.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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The facility was also home to a grammar school for orphans, choirboys and boys who lived on the hospital’s land.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 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 10 Sep. 2025.
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