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Recent Examples of public school
Enrollment in Broward public schools declined from 259,130 students in the 2004-05 school year to just over 201,000 in the 2023-24 school year, a 22% decrease, according to district data.
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Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Created by and starring Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary follows the lives of dedicated teachers at an underfunded public school in Philadelphia.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 22 Jan. 2025
Then Los Angeles Unified schools – the second-largest school district in the United States – announced Sunday evening that in-person classes would resume for most of the area’s public schools.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2025
In California, all students — regardless of immigration status — have the right to attend public school and the state offers many resources to students in the country illegally who are interested in attending college or a university, including scholarships and financial aid.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025
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Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Created by and starring Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary follows the lives of dedicated teachers at an underfunded public school in Philadelphia.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 22 Jan. 2025
Then Los Angeles Unified schools – the second-largest school district in the United States – announced Sunday evening that in-person classes would resume for most of the area’s public schools.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2025
In California, all students — regardless of immigration status — have the right to attend public school and the state offers many resources to students in the country illegally who are interested in attending college or a university, including scholarships and financial aid.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 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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For example, my teenage son is senior in high school.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Winning is something both girls are accustomed to in high school.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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About 62% of high school (or equivalent) graduates go on to postsecondary study, which can refer to trade school or a four-year university, the Education Data Initiative, a collective of education data researchers, reports.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
12 Dec. 2024
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Our goal is to prepare high school students for major life decisions that will impact their future, such as college, trade school or a post-high school job.—
Shelby Slade,
The Arizona Republic,
20 Nov. 2024
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Students as young as 12 at the nearby junior high school also have been issued tickets.—
Jodi S. Cohen,
ProPublica,
25 Nov. 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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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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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
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No one in the group is a stranger—a handful of them are the surfer and skater boys that so many of us had crushes on in middle school.—
Emma Marie Jenkinson,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2025
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This year’s finalists include two U.S. History high school teachers, a teacher of appliance and refrigeration repair at a technical school and a middle school orchestra teacher.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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In 2023, the district voted him secondary school teacher of the year.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
18 Jan. 2025
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The first day of school for elementary and secondary schools in the 2025-2026 school year is set for Aug. 14, 2025 and the last day of school is June 4, 2026.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
15 Jan. 2025
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In 1715, Franklin’s money-conscious father removed his young son from the Boston grammar school that might have led to a college education and sent him to learn writing and arithmetic in preparation for a printing apprenticeship.—
James Fox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 Dec. 2024
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Chilean President Gabriel Boric, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Peruvian President Pedro Castillo all attended local grammar schools, high schools, and colleges.—
Christopher Sabatini,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Aug. 2022
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During the early 1960s, Cher was dating a senior high school boy who lived down the street from her family.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
25 Nov. 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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“Public school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20school. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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