public schoolingn.
/ˌpʌblɪk ˈskuːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpəblɪk ˈskulɪŋ/ 1. Originally and chiefly North American. Education at the expense of the State; State schooling. Cf. public school n. 3a.
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1833 Boston Recorder 8 May 76 It is high time to ascertain whether that system of public schooling, for which this professedly Christian state pays annually not less than $300,000,..tends to form a Christian, or an infidel character.
1921 H. G. Wells Salvaging of Civilization viii. 195 We need everywhere active societies pressing for a better, more efficient conduct of public schooling.
1995 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 22 Nov. 8 Government plans would widen divisions between private and public schooling.
2003 Vancouver Province (Nexis) 1 Apr. a13 Having parents foot more of the education bill goes against two of the founding principles of public schooling—those being universality and equity of access.
2. Chiefly British. Education at a public school. Cf. public school n. 1.
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1954 Times 16 July 9 Among those born in 1920-29, over a half of higher middle-class boys..got grammar or ‘public’ schooling.
1994 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 24 July He believes Blair's public schooling and an Anglo-Scottishness that's heavy on the Anglo will be a turn-off for Scottish voters.
2002 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 13 Dec. 30 His privileged background—a green wellie family and public schooling at Lancing College—made him acutely aware of how the lack of privilege can blight lives.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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