elementary
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Unified officials quietly added $30 million to the elementary school arts budget for the 2024-25 school year amid ongoing accusations from Beutner, union leaders and parents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Morning and afternoon recesses were common in U.S. elementary schools during the post-World War II decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
They are working with a state legislator on a bill that would require 40 minutes of recess in elementary school, which Talbert said they thought was more likely to pass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
It was 1955 and Marcus, a 31-year-old associate professor of chemistry still in the early stages of his career, had found an elementary mistake in the work of an esteemed scientist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
In elementary school, you don’t get to pick a class just because you like it.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
Vocabulary lists containing elementary
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Essential English Vocabulary, List 1
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