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Meaning of public school in English

(Definition of public school from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of public school

public school
We find that public school educated ministers have a hazard rate some 25 per cent higher than those ministers without a public school background.
I calibrate the public school version of the model.
If they wish, they can remove their own children from the public school system and enroll them in private schools.
The four children from the clinic were seen at home, and the public school children were seen in an empty room in their school.
Adolescents were recruited in two public school systems serving rural, suburban, and moderately urban populations.
The continuing distraction of the public school had other practical consequences.
Participants were recruited through children's public school classrooms.
Because the remaining rich, able students leave the public school, the number of students attending the public school falls.
These revenues are split evenly among those who attend the public school.
The graphs show very similar survivor functions for ministers with a public school education and those without.
Therefore, as rises, voucher policies are more costly for those who remain in the public school.
Importantly, performances of his music were featured by collegiate as well as public school groups.
If more than one school were included, parents would have to chose a public school probability directly, and that good would have to be priced.
All of the rich, able students leave the public school.
Implementing a $1,000 voucher in a public school system has almost identical effects on inequality and welfare as a $2,000 voucher.
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Translations of public school

in Chinese (Traditional)
昂貴的學校, (英格蘭的)公學(一種昂貴的私立學校), 免費學校…
in Chinese (Simplified)
昂贵的学校, (英格兰的)公学(一种昂贵的私立学校), 免费学校…
in Spanish
colegio de pago, colegio público, escuela pública [feminine…
in Portuguese
escola particular no Reino Unido, escola pública, escola pública [feminine]…
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(英)私立学校, (米)公立学校, 公立学校(こうりつがっこう)…
(Birleşik Krallık) ücretli özel okul, (ABD) devlet okulu, devlet okulu…
école [feminine] publique, école [feminine] privée, (d’une) école privée…
escola de pagament, escola pública…
particuliere kostschool, gesubsidieerde basisschool…
kostskole, kommuneskole, offentlig skole…
offentlig skola…
sekolah awam…
die Privatschule, Privat-, die staatliche Schule…
offentlig skole [masculine], privatskole [masculine], offentlig skole…
закрита приватна школа-інтернат, державна школа…
частная школа (в Великобритании), государственная школа (в США)…
مَدرسة خاصّة (المملكة المتحدذة), مَدرسة حكومِيّة (الولايات المتحدة)…
soukromá internátní škola, státní škola…
(di Inggris) sekolah swasta, (di Australia, Skotlandia…
โรงเรียนราษฎร์ (อังกฤษ), โรงเรียนรัฐบาล…
trường trung học nội trú, trường công lập…
szkoła prywatna, szkoła publiczna lub państwowa, szkoła średnia prywatna…
영국의 사립학교, 미국의 공립학교…
scuola privata nel Regno Unito, scuola statale, scuola pubblica…
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