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Recent Examples of common school
With one sentence, vouchers would become constitutional in Kentucky:
The General Assembly may provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools.
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Peter Greene, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Of that, $45 million would go to the state’s common school fund and another $45 million would be earmarked for prizes.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2024
These programs are making mountain biking a common school sport.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 May 2024
While my office receives state dollars for each student taught, these two schools don’t have access to other funding mechanisms available to common school districts.
—Nick Sullivan, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2024
A number of provisions of the state's Constitution require that public funds be used only for the common school system.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2024
This custom coaster is undoubtedly unique, as each one can be customized with different designs, including common school supplies like paper clips, crayons, eraser caps, and other more.
—Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2023
This marked distinction formed an obvious division between the boys who lived above (however brought together in a common school) and the boys whose paternal residence was on the plain a sufficient cause of hostility in the code of these young Grotiuses.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
Students wear masks in class, on the bus and in common school spaces.
—USA Today, 11 Sep. 2020
Peter Greene, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Of that, $45 million would go to the state’s common school fund and another $45 million would be earmarked for prizes.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2024
These programs are making mountain biking a common school sport.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 May 2024
While my office receives state dollars for each student taught, these two schools don’t have access to other funding mechanisms available to common school districts.
—Nick Sullivan, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2024
A number of provisions of the state's Constitution require that public funds be used only for the common school system.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2024
This custom coaster is undoubtedly unique, as each one can be customized with different designs, including common school supplies like paper clips, crayons, eraser caps, and other more.
—Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2023
This marked distinction formed an obvious division between the boys who lived above (however brought together in a common school) and the boys whose paternal residence was on the plain a sufficient cause of hostility in the code of these young Grotiuses.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
Students wear masks in class, on the bus and in common school spaces.
—USA Today, 11 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for common school
- high school
- public school
- secondary school
- trade school
- primary school
- senior high school
- junior high school
- elementary school
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The property was once envisioned as the site of a high school but now sits vacant.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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The organization, created in 2002 after four students at a Jefferson County high school died by suicide in a nine-month period, is branching out beyond the Front Range.Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Correa is a longtime Orange County resident, growing up in Anaheim public schools.Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
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But for most of his career, Walz worked as a public school teacher and football coach, the type of middle-income job that doesn't lend itself to building a large nest egg.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
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All twelve of Gaza’s universities, and some eighty-five per cent of its primary and secondary schools, have been irrevocably damaged.Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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The Bureau of Indian Education funds 183 elementary and secondary schools and residential facilities across the nation.Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
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The electronics retailer, which employs 1,750, including 200 part-timers, runs its own training program, works with trade schools to find workers and also receives applicants by referral.DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFFFROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Students who went to trade school had little chance for upward mobility, says Jeff Strohl, director of Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, citing past research.Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
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Since then, it has been relocated to a nearby primary school.UNICEF USA, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Kingston Golden Pils, a fresh take on the European Pils named after Holland’s hometown; Edge Hill Hazy IPA, a New-England style hoppy named after Holland’s primary school; and Noon Wheat, a nod to Tom’s beloved schnauzer of the same name.Anna Tingley, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
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Our education should include practical lifetime skills such as a general financial class in junior or senior high school, civics, and unadulterated American history.Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
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At Wayne Local Schools, Shelby Herlihy is the new assistant principal at the junior/senior high school and Kevin Wright is the new director of student services and special education.Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2024
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But being in your early thirties and playing yourself as a junior high school student and then surrounding yourself with age-appropriate actors who are actually going through that hellish rite of passage brings a whole new layer of cringe and humor.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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Kids at Evanston Academy, which would turn into the district's junior high school for the east corridor, would then go to Frederick Douglass instead.Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2024
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Cosby began her career as a teacher in an IPS elementary school and is program chair and professor of education at the Ivy Tech Community College campus in Indianapolis.Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
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Kids in elementary school needs a focus on reassurance, McWilliams Barndt said.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Common school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/common%20school. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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