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- noun Attributive form of
public school
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Examples
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Mr. Landowski, bearded and bespectled, asked referring to public-school teachers
Protests Fail to Sway Wisconsin Governor Douglas Belkin 2011
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The Orthodox Jewish slate of candidates will retain control of the East Ramapo school board, winning three seats in a bitterly fought race in which the so-called public-school candidates had sought to become the majority.
Orthodox Candidates Win School Vote Sumathi Reddy 2011
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New York's largest teachers union is suing the state Board of Regents over the state's new system for evaluating public-school teachers, a move that could derail plans by the city and hundreds of other school districts to start basing reviews on how well students perform on standardized tests.
Union Sues State to Stop Teacher Evaluations Jacob Gershman 2011
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Some ridiculous things happen in 45365 -- we see DUIs, a mother-son duo with a drug-buddy rapport arguing over Xanax, a kid getting cuffed after being sentenced to jail time, a couple with matching fried hair dancing to Air Supply, a public-school football team praying the "Our Father" before a game -- but it never feels particularly sensationalized.
fourfour: 2009
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We on the pro-choice side need to realize that the war in which we are involved is bigger, much bigger, than the fight for abortion rights, or even the wider campaign for easy access to contraception and quality public-school sex ed.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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Where they were provided, USA TODAY found that the average public-school subsidy for athletics was $8.8 million.
College football coaches see salaries rise in down economy 2009
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While there are no overall figures on how many students take Chinese-language classes nationwide, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages said it saw a threefold increase in the number of public-school students taking such classes to 60,000 in the 2007-08 academic year from three years earlier.
Growing Diversity Fuels Chinese School Yukari Iwatani Kane 2011
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According to California state law, parents can exempt their children from public-school immunization requirements because of medical conditions or due to religious or personal belief.
Whooping Cough 2010
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New York's largest teachers union is suing the state Board of Regents over the state's new system for evaluating public-school teachers, a move that could derail plans by the city and hundreds of other school districts to start basing reviews on how well students perform on standardized tests.
Union Sues State to Stop Teacher Evaluations Jacob Gershman 2011
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I don´t have any first-hand experience to offer here, but, as I understand it, almost all public-school teaching positions are filled by normalistas or graduates of two-year teaching degree programs.
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