common school
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Among the common school names targeted are Jackson, founding father Thomas Jefferson, who owned slaves, and Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2024
When our common school system began, in the early 19th century, students actually went to school in the summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
The most common school choice program is vouchers, which are state-sponsored scholarships for private schools.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2023
It is likely that both texts are collections of writings from a variety of thinkers who belonged to a common school known as Daoism.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
The advantages which will then be offered to the pupil will be so great as to overcome, in a great measure, the absurd prejudices which have existed in the city against the common school.
From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben
