public_school has definitions from the field of education
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[ noun ] (education) a tuition free school in the United States supported by taxes and controlled by a school board

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

Rep._Henry_C._Grover , who teaches history in the Houston public_schools , would reduce from 24 to 12 semester_hours the so-called `` teaching_methods '' courses required to obtain a junior or senior_high_school teaching_certificate .

`` A person with a master's_degree in physics , chemistry , math or English , yet who has not taken Education courses , is not permitted to teach in the public_schools '' , said Grover .

Related terms

school charter_school

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[ noun ] (British) private independent secondary school supported by endowment and tuition
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