| 单词 | central school |
| 释义 | > as lemmascentral school central school n. [originally after French école centrale (1793 or earlier)] now historical (a) (in France) a type of school existing between 1795 and 1802 providing secondary education for boys in a wide variety of subjects and serving a whole département (see department n. 4a); (b) (in England and Wales) a school providing post-primary education with a technical or vocational emphasis to students not selected for secondary education in grammar or technical schools.Schools of the sort in sense (b) were established throughout England and Wales by the 1918 Education Act, although a number had been created by the London County Council at an earlier date. Following the Education Act of 1944, they became known as secondary modern schools (see secondary adj. 5g). ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > secondary school high schoolc1417 academyc1550 real school1765 central school1794 secondary school1809 real scholar1822 lyceum1827 Realschule1833 gymnasium1834 continuation-school1837 college1841 lycée1865 middle school1870 high1871 senior school1871 senior high1909 secondary modern school1943 comprehensive1947 secondary1962 community college1967 multilateral1967 sec-mod1968 1794 Morning Chron. 2 Jan. The Committee of Public Instruction read a long speech respecting the central schools. 1795 J. Walker Elem. Geogr. & Nat. & Civil Hist. (ed. 2) iv. 426 In every district, containing 200,000 inhabitants, there is to be one central school. In each..there is to be a professor of mathematics; of experimental physic and chemistry; of natural history; of logic; [etc.]. 1808 Ann. Reg. 1806 1007/1 The..colleges, formerly existing in France, were ill supplanted by one hundred and four central schools... The lycees supply the place of the central schools or universities. 1911 Jrnl. Educ. (Univ. of Boston School of Educ.) 20 July 99/1 Under the London County Council there are 650,000 pupils in the public elementary schools, 20,000 in the central schools, and 30,000 in the (fee-paying) secondary schools. 1918 Western Times 19 July 7/4 The Education Bill..provides for the establishment of central schools and other advanced institutes passed under the elementary school system. 1956 J. E. Floud Social Class 15 The central schools..are officially designated ‘secondary modern schools’. 1975 R. R. Palmer School of French Revol. xxxiv. 156 The Central Schools were day schools..and although a small fee was charged for tuition, the law provided..that talented boys might receive a free education at public expense. 2014 Nottingham Post (Nexis) 22 Mar. 33 I didn't get into grammar school; but I hadn't failed it miserably, I scraped into a central school instead. < as lemmas |
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