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Recent Examples of public school
Telecommunications companies are charged a Universal Service Fund fee – passed on to customers – that boosts phone and internet service to households and hospitals in rural areas, to low-income families across the country, and to public schools and libraries.
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Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
Close believes public schools will be OK because state coffers are fairly full, while elite schools will continue to get stronger.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2025
By the numbers: In two decades, 84% more students from the North attended public schools in the South, per a Wall Street Journal analysis last year.
—Thomas Oide, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
More than a quarter of the country's public schools are in rural areas.
—Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025
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Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
Close believes public schools will be OK because state coffers are fairly full, while elite schools will continue to get stronger.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2025
By the numbers: In two decades, 84% more students from the North attended public schools in the South, per a Wall Street Journal analysis last year.
—Thomas Oide, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
More than a quarter of the country's public schools are in rural areas.
—Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 21 Mar. 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
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State lawmakers want to slash in half funding for Advanced Placement, dual enrollment and other college-level high school classes, a move that would cost Florida’s public schools millions of dollars.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2025
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The group is also gearing up to award more than $1,000 in scholarships this spring to local high school students who are pursuing an art career.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Blue Line, which was completed in 2018 and stops less than a mile from the trade school, runs from the Pineville area northeast to UNC Charlotte.—
Gavin Off,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Feb. 2025
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Britten, who was known by family and friends as Von, worked part time as a busboy at Red Lobster in Matteson and had recently been accepted into a trade school.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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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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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
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Earlier this month, PEOPLE reported that nearly a dozen middle school students were hospitalized after eating THC gummies while at their New York campus.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Having spent more days in a hospital bed than in a classroom during her years in leukemia treatment, her middle school mornings started to fill with hesitation and tears.—
Elizabeth Austin,
Time,
26 Mar. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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About six companies specially recruit junior and senior high school students every fall, according to its website.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Public school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20school. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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