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  • Public School
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    PUBLIC SCHOOL in the United States, a tax-supported elementary or high school open to anyone. In England the term was originally applied to grammar schools endowed for the use of the lay public; however, it has come to be used...
     
  • Mississippi , State, United States
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    MISSISSIPPI , state, United States mis sip e, one of...South states of the United States. It is bordered...Strom Thurmond, the States Rights party candidate...racial segregation in public schools (see integration...spring up throughout the state. In the 1960 presidential...
     
  • New York , City, United States
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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    NEW YORK , city, United States city (1990 pop. 7...largest city in the United States and one of the largest...parts of SE New York state, NE New Jersey, and...its vast cultural and educational resources, famous shops...Chrysler Building and Empire State Building ), and parks...City is the seat of the United Nations . Lincoln Center...Media . The New York Public Library is the largest in the United States. Major educational institutions...Theological Seminary, New School Univ. , New York Univ...hospitals and several medical schools. Noted hospitals include...
     
  • Wisconsin , State, United States
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    WISCONSIN , state, United States wiskon s n, sin, upper...gambling casinos in the state; through casino enterprises...tribe has become one of the states larger employers. Government...assembly with 99 members. The state elects two senators and...passed (1783) to the United States and was made (1787) a...provided for a system of free public schools, the principle was implemented...
     
  • Virginia , State, United States
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    ...Century In 1902 a new state constitution demanded...assumed direction of the states powerful Democratic...influential figure in the state. As chief executive...chief boast was that the state was entirely free of...policy for scrimping on public education and welfare...fared better than many states. Its industries had...Court decision on public school integration, attempts...desegregating Virginias schools proceeded slowly. After...
     

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