public school

noun

(in the U.S.) a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public education commonly including primary and secondary schools.
(in England) any of a number of endowed secondary boarding schools that prepare students chiefly for the universities or for public service.

public school

noun

(in England and Wales) a private independent fee-paying secondary school
(in the US) any school that is part of a free local educational system
in certin Canadian provinces, a public elementray school as distinguished from a separate school

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of public school¹

First recorded in 1570–80

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A former U.S. solictor general under President George W. Bush, Garre said Congress and the states adopted charter schools believing they would be funding public schools, not the teaching of religion.

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The DEI allegations come days after federal judges blocked a Trump administration directive that threatened to withhold federal funds from K-12 public schools that did not comply with its anti-DEI guidance.

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I’ve worked in public school, higher education, medicine and the private sector for the last 15 years.

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In the state House, McKinney has championed community violence intervention programs and public schools.

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The free speech advocacy group PEN America reports nearly 16,000 book bans in our nation’s public schools since 2021, numbers “not seen since the Red Scare McCarthy era of the 1950s.”

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