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We lived in Northern Quebec, and the nearest school was thirty miles away, so my mother took on the task of home schooling me. She spoke to some friends, received some instructions from the provincial school board, and found some interesting books that perhaps I might find useful.
Willard Boyle

Meaning of "school board" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARD

school board play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCHOOL BOARD

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School board is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCHOOL BOARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Board of education

A board of education, school committee or school board is the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or higher administrative level. The elected council helps determine educational policy in a small regional area, such as a city, county, state or province. It usually shares power with a larger institution, such as the government's department of education. The name of the board is also often used to refer to the school system under the board's control. The government department that administered education in the United Kingdom before the foundation of the Ministry of Education was also called the Board of Education.

Definition of school board in the English dictionary

The definition of school board in the dictionary is an elected board of ratepayers who provided local elementary schools between 1870 and 1902. Other definition of school board is a local board of education.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCHOOL BOARD

school age
school attendance
school attendance officer
school bus
School Certificate
School Committee
school council
school counsellor
school crossing patrol
school dinner
school district
school fees
school friend
school fund
school holidays
school hours
school inspector
school kid
school librarian
school library

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCHOOL BOARD

aboard
billboard
board
bulletin board
cardboard
clipboard
dashboard
free on board
go by the board
keyboard
leaderboard
message board
motherboard
on board
onboard
outboard
overboard
secretary to the board
skateboard
snowboard
take on board

Synonyms and antonyms of school board in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «school board» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCHOOL BOARD

Find out the translation of school board to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of school board from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «school board» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

学校董事会
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

consejo escolar
570 millions of speakers

English

school board
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्कूल बोर्ड
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مجلس إدارة المدرسة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

школьный совет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

conselho escolar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্কুল বোর্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

commission scolaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Papan sekolah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schulbehörde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

教育委員会
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

교육위원회
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sekolah dhasar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hội đồng nhà trường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பள்ளி குழு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शाळा बोर्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Okul yönetim kurulu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

consiglio scolastico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rada szkoły
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шкільна рада
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bord școală
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

σχολικό συμβούλιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skoolraad
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skolrådet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skolestyret
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of school board

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCHOOL BOARD»

The term «school board» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.860 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCHOOL BOARD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about school board

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7 QUOTES WITH «SCHOOL BOARD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word school board.
1
Jello Biafra
Especially in local elections, because hardly anybody pays attention to those - but it's really important who's mayor and who's on the city council, county commissioners, sheriffs, district attorney, and of course the school board.
2
Willard Boyle
We lived in Northern Quebec, and the nearest school was thirty miles away, so my mother took on the task of home schooling me. She spoke to some friends, received some instructions from the provincial school board, and found some interesting books that perhaps I might find useful.
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James S. Coleman
The educational resources provided by a child's fellow students are more important for his achievement than are the resources provided by the school board.
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Bob Filner
I was on the San Diego school board for 4 years, where I watched children successfully matriculate into elementary schools from Head Start programs from all around our city.
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Mark Kennedy
But the best thing Washington can do for education is realize that our role is limited. Washington must keep its promises, but let those who know our childrens' names- parents, teachers and school board members- make education decisions.
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Richard Lugar
That first responsibility as a school board member - meals for latch-key children - was absolutely critical in my understanding of the extraordinary problems of poverty.
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Tim Walberg
If you want to pray at a town hall meeting or a school board meeting or in the halls of Congress, that ought to be acceptable in the United States.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCHOOL BOARD»

Discover the use of school board in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to school board and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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How Not to Be a Terrible School Board Member: Lessons for ...
Veteran school board member Richard E. Mayer's humorous approach to administrator-board relations presents negative behavior scenarios and analyses, offers alternatives, and provides win-win solutions.
Richard E. Mayer, 2011
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Make A Big Impact @ Your School Board Meeting
Make a Big Impact @ Your School Board Meeting was inspired by the authors' experiences speaking at local and national library conferences on the topic of making presentations to school boards and forging relationships with key ...
Margaux Del Guidice, Rose Luna, 2012
3
Juanita Fights the School Board
Johnny, the eldest daughter of Mexican farm workers, is expelled from high school, but with the help of a Latina psychologist and a civil rights attorney, she fights the discriminatory treatment and returns determined to finish school.
Gloria Velásquez, 1994
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Invisible Man
The book is a passionate and witty tour de force of style, strongly influenced by T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, Joyce, and Dostoevsky. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Ralph Ellison, 2010
5
School Board Battles: The Christian Right in Local Politics
While the movement of the Christian Right into national and state politics has been well documented, this is the first book to examine their impact on local school board politics.
Melissa M. Deckman, 2004
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A Practical Guide to Effective School Board Meetings
Now superintendents can turn board meetings into productive, results-getting events that help them focus on teaching and learning to achieve district goals.
Rene S. Townsend, James R. Brown, Walter L. Buster, 2005
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School Board Talk!: The Art of Effective Communication
This is an informational handbook for aspiring and veteran school board members of K-12 public schools.
Cheli Cerra, Ruth Jacoby, 2005
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School Board Leadership 2000: The Things Staff Didn't Tell ...
Dr. John Carver's Policy Governance model provides a blueprint for effective School board governance of public secondary schools. It provides guidance and direction for trustees and boards seeking to make a difference.
C. Gene Royer, 1995
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The Bluest Eye
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Toni Morrison, 2007
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Effective Superintendent-School Board Practices: Strategies ...
Working effectively with school boards is what it is all about, and this book shows you how' - Paul D. Houston, Executive Director, American Association of School Administrators 'This book provides practical insights and useful ideas to ...
Gloria L. Johnston, Gwen E. Gross, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCHOOL BOARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term school board is used in the context of the following news items.
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Emanuel starts cleaning house at school board
Retiring Loyola University President Rev. Michael J. Garanzini is among the new members of the Chicago Board of Education. |Ashlee Rezin/for Sun-Times ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jun 15»
2
Labour board rules three strikes at Ontario school boards illegal
But school boards in the Toronto-area regions of Durham and Peel and the Sudbury-area Rainbow District wasted little time in publicly announcing they would ... «CTV News, May 15»
3
Students worry teacher strikes putting year in jeopardy
With nearly 70,000 Ontario teens out of school in three school boards because their teachers are on strike — some 21,000 at the Durham District School Board ... «Toronto Star, May 15»
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Teachers join labour action at two more school boards
One way or another, strikes at three local school boards could be forced to end next week — possibly as early as Monday or Tuesday — sending some 70,000 ... «Toronto Star, May 15»
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School board assures parents that it expects minimal disruptions
The school board had expected the union to clarify Thursday which services teachers would withdraw as of Monday. That clarification is now expected Friday in ... «Ottawa Citizen, May 15»
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Sex-ed protest: Toronto school board reports 144 per cent more …
The Toronto District School Board, Ontario's largest, said elementary school absences increased by 144 per cent yesterday compared to Monday of the previous ... «CTV News, May 15»
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Teachers strike, sex ed protests hit Ontario government
Thousands more high school students are out of classes after teachers at Ontario's second-largest school board walked out on Monday, the third union local in ... «The Globe and Mail, May 15»
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School board bars teacher from joining veteran father in Europe
STRATFORD, Ont. -- Veteran Art Boon will share his Second World War experiences with a high school history class Wednesday despite his disappointment that ... «Toronto Sun, Apr 15»
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Durham teachers' strike seen as start of wave of labour unrest
In the past, the school boards were vocal about their opposition to a number of rules imposed on them during the last round of bargaining, including a regulation ... «Toronto Star, Apr 15»
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LAUSD school board supports legislation requiring vaccinations
The Los Angeles Unified school board Tuesday unanimously voted to support state legislation that eliminates parent choice when it comes to vaccinations. «LA Daily News, Apr 15»

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