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
This ordinance established a plot for a common school in all new townships.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2019
The advantages which will then be offered to the pupil will be so great as to overcome, in a great measure, the absurd prejudices which have existed in the city against the common school.
From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben
