charter school

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Recent Examples of charter school According to an analysis of 2022 Census data, nearly 12% of K-12 students in the U.S. attend private schools, while the overwhelming majority, 84%, attend traditional public or charter schools. Cory Turner, NPR, 23 May 2025 Walters has supported the idea of religious charter schools. Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 23 May 2025 Some states, opposed to funding of religious charter schools, had warned they may be forced to curtail their charter programs or end them entirely. Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 22 May 2025 Read the full edition Russell Contreras 14 mins ago - Politics & Policy Inside the growing push for more religion in public schools The Supreme Court is weighing an Oklahoma case on whether to allow public funding of religious charter schools. Lucinda Shen, Axios, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for charter school
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Noun
  • Mann and Parkview became magnet schools in the 1980s.
    Lena Miano, Arkansas Online, 21 May 2025
  • One father was arrested while headed to the magnet school for a drop off, according to parents.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Dear Eric: An old high school girlfriend of my husband’s (more than 40 years) creates social media posts about him and tags him, including photos of him or of the two of them together.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
  • As a high school and middle school teacher in Galveston, Texas, Jorge has brought students to Space Camp, as well as attended Space Academy for Educators herself.
    Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • In 1966, the school was moved to Breightmet, maintaining its status as a grammar school.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The settlement boasted both a high school and a grammar school – yet the lecture hall of the complex was only unearthed this past March.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Díaz began his career as a social-studies teacher and coached baseball in Miami-Dade County public schools.
    Dara Kam, Miami Herald, 27 May 2025
  • In Gaines County — the epicenter of the current outbreak — about 90% of public school students were up-to-date on their measles vaccine by middle school, but fewer than half of students had their shots in a few individual schools.
    Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • In 2019, Hardin pleaded guilty to two counts of rape in connection with the 1997 rape of a Rogers elementary school teacher, according to previous reports from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
    Parker Mancino, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
  • Plans call for work to be done at Kimball and Kenyon Woods middle schools and Century Oaks and Glenbrook elementary schools as the district moves sixth-grade classes into middle schools and adds early learning centers at elementary schools, among other changes.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • In a small town in western Ireland, Jamie O’Neill is about to start secondary school, a Catholic school run by a fanatic and filled with plenty of bullies looking for someone just like Jamie to persecute.
    The Know, Denver Post, 1 June 2025
  • Their double act had begun at secondary school, in North London, where Mulcahy protected the diminutive Duffy from bullies.
    Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • While there's still a healthy demand for community colleges and four-year university programs, the financial incentives for trade schools in most states are hard to ignore.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
  • Community Colleges and Trade Schools Community colleges and trade schools provide affordable, classes that equip students with workforce-ready skills in a short time.
    Diane Winiarski, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Baker’s 14-year-old daughter and Todd’s 14-year-old son were both in the junior high school class that Evans was teaching at the time, the mothers said.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
  • Isabel’s dedication to her craft is evident in her commitment to vocal training in both classical voice and musical theatre, having worked with her current voice teacher since junior high school.
    Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025

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