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
With growing school needs and flat or declining revenue, timber trust dollars have come to play a diminishing role in financing common school construction.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2021
The place, then, of literature in our common school education is in spiritualizing life, letting light into the mind, inspiring and feeding the higher forces of human nature.
From Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School by McMurry, Charles A. (Charles Alexander)
