charter school

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Recent Examples of charter school House Bill 1136, now before the Indiana General Assembly, would eliminate Gary Community Schools in Lake County and Tri-Township Consolidated School Corp. in LaPorte County along with two other districts, turning traditional public schools there into charter schools. Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025 Nearly one in four Minnesotans holding a teaching license are not teaching in a public school or charter school, and a third of new teachers leave teaching within the first five years in the profession. Julia Fomby, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 Access to school choice programs varies widely by state, as some offer voucher programs and charter school funding while others have resisted. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025 The court’s decision could set a significant national precedent regarding the eligibility of religious organizations for public funds through charter school programs. Emma Withrow, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for charter school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charter school
Noun
  • Another 2,500 students did not respond to the survey, so the actual number leaving their magnet schools could be higher.
    Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The state Department of Education has recently honed in on fiscal challenges in Hartford also — conducting an audit of district spending on special education, magnet schools and other operations.
    Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • None of that hairy high school fake this, do what we're told.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Frost was very much a man of letters, a classicist and, alongside his future wife, Elinor, a co-valedictorian of his high school, in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
    Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Part track meet, part grammar school fitness test, the combine is a cog in the NFL draft’s evaluation machine 🏃🏾‍♂️. March 10 — Free agent negotiating period begins.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Porter donated books for a grammar school library in the South Pacific country from 2006 until 2020.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Zoom in: Federal funding made up 18% of Texas' public school budget for the 2021-2022 school year, compared with 23% in Mississippi — the highest in the nation — and just 7% in New York, the lowest, per USA Facts.
    Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 18 Feb. 2025
  • There’s also pressure from City Hall to help address funding woes within the city’s public school system amid tense contract negotiations with Mayor Brandon Johnson’s closest political ally, the Chicago Teachers Union.
    Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • There’s broad consensus among education researchers that the best way to teach students in early elementary school how to read is through explicit phonics instruction.
    Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Soon the boys were enrolling at Pasadena Unified elementary schools — and all three would eventually attend Muir.
    Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The executive order directs the Department of Education to prioritize discretionary federal grants for school choice and to issue guidance on allocating funding for elementary and secondary school scholarships.
    Corey A. DeAngelis, Boston Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
  • They’re already taught in schools, secondary schools and universities, around the world, and that always surprises me.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The National College Rainbow Fund will provide $2,500 each to 200 students throughout California, to be used for public or private nonprofit undergraduate schools, community college or trade schools.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Alternative pathways, such as apprenticeships, trade schools, or stackable credentials, can provide valuable skills and real-world experience without the time and cost of a traditional degree.
    Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • While days were spent instructing junior high school students in the Washington area, Flack's nights coalesced around her budding music career.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The opinion was also discussed that the study course at the Litchfield junior high school is too heavy for children of that age.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025

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