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schools
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schools
A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the Regional terms section below) but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught is commonly called a university college or university. In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary (elementary in the U.S.) and secondary (middle school in the U.S.) education. Kindergarten or preschool provide some schooling to very young children (typically ages 3–5). University, vocational school, college or seminary may be available after secondary school. A school may be dedicated to one particular field, such as a school of economics or dance. Alternative schools may provide nontraditional curriculum and methods. Non-government schools, also known as private schools, may be required when the government does not supply adequate or specific educational needs. Other private schools can also be religious, such as Christian schools, gurukula (Hindu schools), madrasa (Arabic schools), hawzas (Shi'i Muslim schools), yeshivas (Jewish schools), and others; or schools that have a higher standard of education or seek to foster other personal achievements. Schools for adults include institutions of corporate training, military education and training and business schools. Critics of school often accuse the school system of failing to adequately prepare students for their future lives, of encouraging certain temperaments while inhibiting others, of prescribing students exactly what to do, how, when, where and with whom, which would suppress creativity, and of using extrinsic measures such as grades and homework, which would inhibit children's natural curiosity and desire to learn.In homeschooling and distance education, teaching and learning take place independent from the institution of school or in a virtual school outside a traditional school building, respectively. Schools are organized in several different organizational models, including departmental, small learning communities, academies, integrated, and schools-within-a-school.
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Schools
Educational institutions.
Editors Contribution
schoolsnoun
Plural noun of the word school.
The local schools in the state were all asked to submit their proposed budgets to the education department for the budget allocation to ensure they could be reviewed and allocated appropriately and justly according to data requirements.
Submitted by MaryC on May 25, 2016
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SCHOOLS
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Schools is ranked #26282 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Schools surname appeared 929 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Schools.
85.4% or 794 total occurrences were White.
10.5% or 98 total occurrences were Black.
1.5% or 14 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.4% or 13 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1% or 10 total occurrences were Asian.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'schools' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #637
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'schools' in Written Corpus Frequency: #696
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of schools in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of schools in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of schools in a Sentence
MCPS has used PBIS in our schools for eight years. We are proud of our PBIS work. This work helps create a standard for social-emotional learning and behavior expectations in the school building.
Schools could integrate light activity into their pupils' days, such as with standing or active lessons, it doesn't require much effort and it's easy to fit into the daily routines of most young people.
Being on school boards, getting into elected offices so that you know what the curriculum is that is being taught and you can take a stand and see if you can change that curriculum and get critical race theory out of our schools.
This means that a catch and kill response alone will not work. The government must engage more with community leaders, schools, religious leaders in addition to expanding counter-terrorism capabilities.
Look at these thousands of people. It’s hot out here, and a lot of us aren’t young and this isn’t easy. Some of us have been here since eight this morning. there became this kind of climate where folks really felt like teachers are being disrespected, schools are being disrespected.
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