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Recent Examples of public school
The national rollout will replicate the local model, with auditions and performances administered through public school districts and education foundations.
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Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 10 July 2025
But this year, Democrats doubt that the issues that bedeviled them four years ago — like post-pandemic learning loss, public school gender policies, or higher crime that got blamed on criminal justice reform — will be on the ballot again.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 July 2025
Lockhart: Connecticut’s 2025 legislative session brought major wins for public schools: historic investments in special education via a $30 million Special Education Expansion and Development grant and $40 million Excess Cost Grant annually.
—Question & Answer, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2025
Supporters said the proposal would expand education options for families across the country, offering alternatives to students in areas with lower-performing public schools.
—Arkansas Online, 28 June 2025
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Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 10 July 2025
But this year, Democrats doubt that the issues that bedeviled them four years ago — like post-pandemic learning loss, public school gender policies, or higher crime that got blamed on criminal justice reform — will be on the ballot again.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 July 2025
Lockhart: Connecticut’s 2025 legislative session brought major wins for public schools: historic investments in special education via a $30 million Special Education Expansion and Development grant and $40 million Excess Cost Grant annually.
—Question & Answer, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2025
Supporters said the proposal would expand education options for families across the country, offering alternatives to students in areas with lower-performing public schools.
—Arkansas Online, 28 June 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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LeBron James, who was a few days younger when the Cleveland Cavaliers selected him in 2003 out of high school.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Conor Schroeder, 18, is a senior in his fifth year of high school who is striving to graduate.—
Ashley Schwartz-Lavares,
ABC News,
15 July 2025
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Indiana University-Bloomington should not be turned into a trade school with Division One football and basketball.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
7 July 2025
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Meanwhile, their friends who didn’t go to college were enrolling in trade school or going directly to work in manufacturing, retail, hospitality, construction …basically everything else.—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
5 July 2025
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The Cups 4 Cancer fundraiser will be dedicated to Austin’s former junior high school teammate Dylan Krestan, who has battled Hodgkin lymphoma for the last several months.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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The controversy in Loudoun County came the day after parents and residents clashed at a school board meeting in the Chicago area on Monday after a trans junior high school student won multiple events at a local track meet.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 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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Indiana code requires the court to forfeit the bond of a defendant who fails to appear in court and transfer the bond amount to the state common school fund, according to the audit.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Dec. 2024
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But many of the strongest math students take algebra in middle school, so high schools don’t get credit for those students’ algebra scores.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
12 July 2025
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The prioritization of middle school career exploration in multiple accountability systems reflects its clear importance in the state.—
Matt Gandal,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
Noun
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For example, enrollment in Catholic secondary schools in the United States was at just over one million students around the late 1960s and early 1970s, according to NCES data.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
7 July 2025
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The selective integration of Austin secondary schools was expanded.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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The facility was also home to a grammar school for orphans, choirboys and boys who lived on the hospital’s land.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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In 1966, the school was moved to Breightmet, maintaining its status as a grammar school.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The couple moved to Long Prairie in 1963, where Everett continued his 35-year teaching career in both junior and senior high school science.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
20 Feb. 2024
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Two senior high school students at the San Diego Unified School District encouraged their peers in a blog post to avoid participating in the challenge.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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“Public school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/public%20school. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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