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charter

verb as in reserve, commission

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She left a charter school downtown and enrolled in Lincoln because she wanted to be part of the Lincoln community.

What looked at first like reasons to attend a charter school, to me felt like reasons why we are losing kids at my public school.

Generally speaking, within online schools – most of these are charter schools that are also publicly funded by the state – attendance is based on the amount of work students complete.

Trains had been chartered, and officials decided not to cancel.

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Meanwhile, some charter schools like e3 Civic High are moving quickly to incorporate curriculum reflecting underrepresented communities in existing history and English classes.

A second document was titled: “Gambia Reborn: A Charter for Transition from Dictatorship to Democracy and Development.”

In neighborhoods such as Harlem, 33 percent of students attend charter schools, a majority of them black or Latino.

JetBlue has been flying charter jets to Cuba for three years, and others are sure to follow.

Klein paints a rosy picture of the charter schools, while admitting that not all outperformed traditional public schools.

Charter schools, rejecting the tenet of promotion through seniority, promised to do better.

First permanent settlement began in 1669; original charter included North Carolina and Georgia.

Benefit societies may be purely voluntary associations or incorporated either by statute or charter.

They thus establish a law for themselves somewhat like a charter of a corporation.

Gainful corporations have no such power unless it has been granted by their charter or by statute.

A company cannot purchase its own shares unless by charter or statute such action is clearly authorized.

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On this page you'll find 91 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to charter, such as: code, constitution, contract, document, license, and pact.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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