common school
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Among the common school names targeted are Jackson, founding father Thomas Jefferson, who owned slaves, and Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
From BBC • Aug. 13, 2024
When our common school system began, in the early 19th century, students actually went to school in the summer.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2023
The most common school choice program is vouchers, which are state-sponsored scholarships for private schools.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2023
It is likely that both texts are collections of writings from a variety of thinkers who belonged to a common school known as Daoism.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
Being destined for the medical profession, he was, after a common school education, placed as an apprentice with a very respectable surgeon, at Sodbury, in his native country.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
