magnet school

noun

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as in charter school

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Recent Examples of magnet school 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 Meanwhile, public and magnet schools such as Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Tech, and Bronx Science offer rigorous educational pathways for exceptional students. — Christopher Rim, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 In evaluating Cleveland’s choice program, shouldn’t the court consider not only private schools but also other options available to students, such as public magnet schools and charter schools? — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for magnet school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnet school
  1. charter school
  2. high school
  3. elementary school
  4. secondary school
  5. public school
  6. common school
  7. grammar school
  8. junior high school
Noun
  • Plus, he is involved with a namesake K-12 public charter school in Las Vegas, and other educational projects.
    — Linda Marx, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Because Palisades Charter High School is an independent charter school, LAUSD referred requests for comment to its administration; a representative for the high school did not respond to a request for comment.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of charter school
Noun
  • Prior to The Bee, Smith covered high school sports at the Citrus Heights Sentinel.
    — Marcus D. Smith, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • About 800,000 of California’s 1.76 million high school students participate in school athletics.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
Definition of high school
Noun
  • Bear in mind that my knowledge of and exposure to computers before this was minimal, and my exposure to PCs had been nearly nil—I'd played Oregon Trail on an Apple IIe in elementary school, and the few computers that were in my classrooms or computer labs at the time were Macs.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Students at Big Bear Valley elementary schools made the final decision on the new names from a list of 30 names, per tradition.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of elementary school
Noun
  • Starmer was commenting as Netflix agreed a deal to make Adolescence available to all secondary schools across the UK via the Into Film+ streaming service.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the United States’ educational improvements slowed markedly as secondary schools struggled to boost performance and college tuition marched steadily higher.
    — Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • The bill also would divert $50 million from other state tax revenues and use them to maintain and improve public school facilities, aiming to provide an alternative to property tax levies that typically fund these repairs and updates.
    — Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The event — staged by Orlando Health and the Orlando Sports Foundation, which raises money to find cures for cancer — showcased top seniors from 15 Orange County public schools.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of public school
Noun
  • 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
  • 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.
    — Peter Greene, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of common school
Noun
  • Part track meet, part grammar school fitness test, the combine is a vital cog in the NFL draft’s evaluation machine 🏃🏾‍♂️. March 10 — Free agent negotiating period begins.
    — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Dammers belonged to a generation that was pushed to pass the notorious eleven-plus exam and get into one of the United Kingdom’s supposedly superior grammar schools.
    — Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Definition of grammar school
Noun
  • Douglas Higgins spent a quarter-century in real estate management before returning to his roots in education and spending 16 years as the principal and assistant principal of elementary and junior high schools in Bloomingdale, Steger and Calumet City.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The series at the time focused on Hayley Mills, who played the title character, and her students at an Indianapolis junior high school.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of junior high school

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