grammar school

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Foodstock said private tuition doubled the likelihood of attending a grammar school, but disadvantaged children were less able to finance it.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

“There were books when my daughters were in grammar school and high school that stated we were extinct,” said Art Morales, an elder and historian in the tribe.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025

Fifteen-year old grammar school boy Sumner couldn't believe what he was seeing, later describing how he "lay in my bed that night with my ears ringing and my world view significantly altered".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025

One school was a mixed grammar school in a predominantly white, middle-class rural area and another was a mixed comprehensive school in a predominantly white, working-class urban area.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

Hazel grew up—did four years in grammar school, four years in reform school, and didn’t learn anything in either place.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck