Definitions
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. not attending school and therefore free to work.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. not attending school and therefore free to work
Examples
“Because suspended students miss instructional time, frequent use of out-of-school suspension also reduces students' opportunity to learn.”
“The reality is that test scores usually correlate more strongly with out-of-school social conditions borne of poverty and racism than with anything that happens inside the schoolhouse.”
The Huffington Post: Mike Klonsky: More Merit-Pay Millions for Chicago. Why?
“It's true also that I pointed to research showing the opposite - that while teachers are a very important in-school factor, out-of-school factors related to parental educational level and family income are more strongly associated with student success.”
The Huffington Post: Kevin Welner: Waiting for 'Accountability-Man'
“In fact, President Obama appears to understand the research quite well, being careful to distinguish between in - and out-of-school factors.”
The Huffington Post: Kevin Welner: Waiting for 'Accountability-Man'
“The result was that referrals to law-enforcement officers dropped by 63 percent and out-of-school suspensions declined by 43 percent in the district from the 2008-09 school year to the 2009-10 school year, she said.”
“The policy emphasized that students should receive out-of-school suspensions or be referred to police only for serious misconduct, such as causing harm to someone in a fight.”
“They also found evidence that far from curtailing children's extracurricular experiences, a broadband internet subscription at home increased the number of children's out-of-school social activities, such as sports, ballet, music, painting lessons, or joining a youth club.”
The Guardian: Logging on to computers helps us get out more, insist economists
“Career Search Adult literacy and remedial education teachers instruct adults and out-of-school youths in reading, writing, speaking English, and performing elementary mathematical calculations — basic skills that equip them to solve problems well enough to become active participants in our society, to hold a job, and to further their education.”
“A strong network of out-of-school community organizations offers opportunities for specialization and exploring one's unique interests.”
The Huffington Post: Joe Hall: How Would We Teach Andy Warhol?
“These schools should be laboratories for testing different digital approaches to learning and assessment, as well as for testing different ways to break down the barriers between in- and out-of-school learning.”
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Adjectively used nominal phrases with a "-" inside.
t-test, O-ring, B-grade, so-called, on-site, at-large, in-your-face, in-state, on-time, up-to-the-minute, in-store, on-call and 965 more...
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