trade school

noun

Definition of trade schoolnext
as in public school

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Recent Examples of trade school The National College Rainbow Fund will provide $2,500 each to 200 students throughout California, to be used for public or private nonprofit undergraduate schools, community college or trade schools. — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025 Alternative pathways, such as apprenticeships, trade schools, or stackable credentials, can provide valuable skills and real-world experience without the time and cost of a traditional degree. — Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 While money that students and families contribute to the account can be withdrawn, the city said the goal is for it to be put toward post-secondary education, such as college or a trade school. — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025 The Generation Lab conducts polling using a demographically representative sample frame of college students at community colleges, technical colleges, trade schools and public and private four-year institutions. — Erica Pandey, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trade school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trade school
  1. public school
  2. high school
  3. grammar school
  4. junior high school
  5. secondary school
  6. middle school
  7. elementary school
  8. common school
Noun
  • The bill also would divert $50 million from other state tax revenues and use them to maintain and improve public school facilities, aiming to provide an alternative to property tax levies that typically fund these repairs and updates.
    — Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The event — staged by Orlando Health and the Orlando Sports Foundation, which raises money to find cures for cancer — showcased top seniors from 15 Orange County public schools.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of public school
Noun
  • 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
  • As reported by sister site Deadline, Staite will recur during Season 4 as Jules Gardner, an FBI agent who went to high school with Asta, Liv , D’Arcy and Ben.
    — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of high school
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of grammar school
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of junior high school
Noun
  • So was the girl leaving a village to attend secondary school, and the family accessing clean water for the first time.
    — Michael J. Nyenhuis, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The Jam formed in 1972 while all three band members were in secondary school, and their first album titled In the City released in 1977.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • Earlier this month, PEOPLE reported that nearly a dozen middle school students were hospitalized after eating THC gummies while at their New York campus.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Having spent more days in a hospital bed than in a classroom during her years in leukemia treatment, her middle school mornings started to fill with hesitation and tears.
    — Elizabeth Austin, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of middle school
Noun
  • The new math policy aims to standardize math teaching in elementary schools ensuring all students meet minimum grade-level standards.
    — Shaela Foster, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Beauty stores have been likened to elementary schools, as 10-year-olds run amok, some caught treating employees poorly or destroying displays.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of elementary school
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of common school

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