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Recent Examples of secondary school
It's been widely reported that Mangione grew up in a successful Baltimore family, which owns two country clubs, and became the valedictorian of the Gilman School, a private all-boys elementary and secondary school.
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Maria Aspan, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024
The executive order directs the Department of Education to prioritize discretionary federal grants for school choice and to issue guidance on allocating funding for elementary and secondary school scholarships.
—Corey A. Deangelis, Boston Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
They’re already taught in schools, secondary schools and universities, around the world, and that always surprises me.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
What are the cultural, economic, and political currents that led us here?
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Reading lists, discussion guides, syllabi, pedagogical essays, and other free teaching resources for higher ed and secondary school faculty.
—JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
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Maria Aspan, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024
The executive order directs the Department of Education to prioritize discretionary federal grants for school choice and to issue guidance on allocating funding for elementary and secondary school scholarships.
—Corey A. Deangelis, Boston Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
They’re already taught in schools, secondary schools and universities, around the world, and that always surprises me.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
What are the cultural, economic, and political currents that led us here?
Series
Reading lists, discussion guides, syllabi, pedagogical essays, and other free teaching resources for higher ed and secondary school faculty.
—JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondary school
- elementary school
- primary school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- senior high school
- middle school
- grammar school
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For years, teachers and parents at a Liberty elementary school have worried that something in and around their campus may be making people sick, leading to a high number of cancer diagnoses.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
14 Mar. 2025
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The medical and psychiatric records in question supported the argument by relatives of Sandy Hook victims that they had been traumatized by Jones’ assertions that the elementary school massacre was a hoax and by years of harassment by members of his audience.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2025
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Over recent years 70,000 primary school teachers across England and Wales have also been given access to free resources to protect our planet, through Premier League Primary Stars, a program to inspire young people aged 5 to 11 years old.—
Claire Poole,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Without informing the residents, the Liberian Ministry of Health converted a primary school into a holding center for Ebola patients in West Point, a working poor community in Monrovia.—
Edna Bonhomme,
Rolling Stone,
11 Mar. 2025
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There are over 322,000 adults ages 18 and over without a high school diploma and more than 120,000 who do not speak English well who live in communities all across our state.—
Larry Covino,
Hartford Courant,
20 Mar. 2025
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This touring musical comedy, based on the movie about high school’s social pecking order, is in town for five performances over one weekend only, March 28-30.—
Matthew J. Palm,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2025
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Across the United States, different public schools have banned different books, with many of these bans taking aim at literature that affirms Black identity and culture.—
Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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The issue has historically been a tension point for Texas Republicans, facing opposition from some within the party, particularly among rural House members who have feared for their local public schools.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Mar. 2025
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The series at the time focused on Hayley Mills, who played the title character, and her students at an Indianapolis junior high school.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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While days were spent instructing junior high school students in the Washington area, Flack's nights coalesced around her budding music career.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 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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About six companies specially recruit junior and senior high school students every fall, according to its website.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2025
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But my daughters came home from middle school without any mention of it.—
Aya Shechter,
The Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Many of these players are lifers, kids who started at Kent Denver in middle school, with a few, like Fay, who had Schayes as their sixth-grade English teacher.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
13 Mar. 2025
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Part track meet, part grammar school fitness test, the combine is a vital cog in the NFL draft’s evaluation machine 🏃🏾♂️. March 10 — Free agent negotiating period begins.—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Dammers belonged to a generation that was pushed to pass the notorious eleven-plus exam and get into one of the United Kingdom’s supposedly superior grammar schools.—
Ian Penman,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondary%20school. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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