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Recent Examples of common school
Lawyers representing charter school interests argued such funding is constitutional as charter schools are held accountable by the state and fit the Kentucky Constitution's definition of a common school.
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Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
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
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
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
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
These programs are making mountain biking a common school sport.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 May 2024
Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
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
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
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
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
These programs are making mountain biking a common school sport.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 May 2024
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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Attendance is free with proceeds benefiting the Artisan Alliance at Wishing Spring scholarship, which offers continuing support to high school students who pursue the arts in college.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
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The town’s only high school was for whites only, forcing Black students to travel to Fort Worth to go to school.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Oct. 2025
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Understanding this is necessary to keep hope for the fight to improve public school history education.—
Taylor Cassidy,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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Every child in our public school district needs regular access to healthful food regardless of their family’s income level.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
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Nearly three-quarters of the 119 million girls out of school worldwide are of secondary school-age, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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Girls were notably banned from secondary school the next month, meaning that online education became one of the last avenues of hope.—
Zahra Nader,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Technical colleges and trade school options have become increasingly popular, especially since the pandemic.—
RACHEL SPECTOR,
Miami Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, a study earlier this summer from the American Staffing Association found one in three Americans would advise high school graduates to go to trade school over college—a push which was highest among baby boomer respondents.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
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On the philanthropy front, a group of primary school students from the inland Guizhou province, who have never seen the ocean, traveled with their teachers to Shanghai to visit the exhibition and experience the seaside for the first time.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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This was in Balmain, a suburb of Sydney, where her mother was an administrator at a primary school that prioritized Aboriginal children.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
10 Oct. 2025
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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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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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The words were handwritten in pencil by a junior high school student named Katie Hawkins in 1953.—
April White,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Sep. 2025
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Police said the incident began with a physical altercation at a north-area junior high school, which officials did not name.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Rauw Teaches Salsa Classes In a new episode of Celebrity Substitute, Rauw Alejandro visited elementary school PS 96 in Harlem, New York, to teach students the history, sounds, and moves of salsa music.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
11 Oct. 2025
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Current research indicates several health benefits of elementary school run club programs.—
Cyril A. Reinicke,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Common school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/common%20school. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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