Phrase Hound found 135 phrases and 17 compound words that contain schools. The most common are listed below. Open schools in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 135
- public schoolsplural of public school: Certain private schools, particularly (initially) any grammar school operated apart from the personal lands of its students or (from the 19th century) the feepaying secondary schools which developed from or were …
- high schoolsplural of high school: An institution which provides all or part of secondary education.
- secondary schoolsplural of secondary school: A state school attended between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18 between primary school and university.
- private schoolsplural of private school: An educational institution that operates independently of government administration or public funding, typically financed through tuition, private donations, or endowments.
- charter schoolsplural of charter school: A school that receives government funding but operates independently of the established state school system in which it is located, and in some cases is privately owned.
- primary schoolsplural of primary school: A formal, obligatory kind of school that typically begins with nursery school or first grade and ends at fifth or sixth grade.
- elementary schoolsplural of elementary school: A children’s school, typically older than toddlers and younger than adolescents. In the U.S., elementary schools cover grades 1 through 5, and the ages of the children are usually 6-11 years. At a minimum …
- graduate schoolsplural of graduate school: A school that awards advanced degrees, such as doctoral degrees; a postgraduate school.
- middle schoolsplural of middle school: A school which crosses the traditional divide between primary school and secondary school.
- medical schoolsplural of medical school: A school that teaches medicine.
- law schoolsplural of law school: An academic institution at which post-graduate students are prepared for the practice of law.
- business schoolsplural of business school: A higher education institution that specializes in business studies
- schools of thoughtplural of school of thought: A particular way of thinking or interpretation, typically one disputed by the speaker.
- special schoolsplural of special school: An educational institution designed for students with special needs, such as physical, mental, developmental or learning disabilities.
- language schoolsplural of language school: A school where foreign languages are taught
- open the schoolsExpressing that someone is wrong or misinformed, especially where something should be widely understood (e.g. learned in school) but is not.
- junior high schoolsplural of junior high school: A school for children who have completed elementary school or grade school, but are not yet old enough for high school. It often includes grades 7 and 8, and possibly also 6 or 9.
- state schoolsplural of state school: A government-funded school, funded by taxes.
- boarding schoolsplural of boarding school: A residential school, where the students are housed on-site (the school provides board and lodging as well as education), sometimes involuntarily, typically at a pre-collegiate level.
- vocational schoolsplural of vocational school: A school that provides training in specific skills required for different industries.
- art schoolsplural of art school: A school that specializes in the study of art.
- board schoolsplural of board school: A school under the control of a school board, as elected by the Elementary Education Act 1870.
- day schoolsplural of day school: A school attended during the day, as opposed to a boarding school.
- first schoolsplural of first school: In the three-tier education system, a school for children until thee age of eight or nine.
- free schoolsplural of free school: An educational institution that provides tuition-free schooling, often with greater autonomy than traditional government oversight; a public school.
Compound words 17
- interschoolsSynonym of interschool: Occurring or taking place between two or more schools.
- preschoolsplural of preschool: Of or relating to the years of early childhood before attendance at primary school.
- cyberschoolsplural of cyberschool: A school offering courses over the Internet rather than in its own physical premises.
- highschoolsplural of highschool: An institution which provides all or part of secondary education.
- hogeschoolsplural of hogeschool: A Dutch polytechnic or college; a higher education institution of lower rank than a university.
- homeschoolsthird-person singular simple present indicative of homeschool: To educate children at home, that is, at a private domestic place, in lieu of sending them to a public school or private educational institution.
- microschoolsplural of microschool: A school having an unusually small class size.
- minischoolsplural of minischool: A school with a very small student population.
- misschoolsthird-person singular simple present indicative of misschool: To school improperly; to teach or train in incorrect or problematic material or by the wrong methods.
- nightschoolsplural of nightschool: A school, typically used for the purpose of continuing education with classes held predominantly in the evening to accommodate students with typical day shift work schedules.