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" Measures of self-government and a school council, especially for such young children, were a great innovation."
Dora Russell

Meaning of "school council" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SCHOOL COUNCIL

skuːl ˈkaʊnsəl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCHOOL COUNCIL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
School council is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SCHOOL COUNCIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Students' union

A students' union, student government, free student union, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high schools. In higher education, the students' union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social, organizational activities, representation and academic support of the membership. In the United States, student union many times only refers to a physical building owned by the university with the purpose to provide services for students without a governing body also referred to as a student activity center. Outside the United States this refers to a representative body.

Definition of school council in the English dictionary

The definition of school council in the dictionary is a group of pupils who are elected by fellow pupils to represent their school and think of ideas for improving it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCHOOL COUNCIL

blue-pencil · cancel · chancel · cocounsel · commensal · consul · council · counsel · discounsel · groundsel · hansel · Mansell · mensal · miscounsel · pencil · pensil · stencil · tinsel · tonsil · utensil

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCHOOL COUNCIL

school age · school attendance · school attendance officer · school board · school bus · School Certificate · School Committee · 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 COUNCIL

Arts Council · borough council · British Council · community council · county council · district council · European Council · Executive Council · lead pencil · legislative council · local council · Medical Research Council · National Economic Development Council · National Security Council · parish council · regional council · rural district council · Security Council · student council · the council · town council

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «school council» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCHOOL COUNCIL

Find out the translation of school council to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of school council 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 council» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

校董会
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

consejo escolar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

school council
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

स्कूल परिषद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مجلس المدرسة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

школьный совет
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

conselho escolar
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

স্কুল কাউন্সিল
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

conseil d´école
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Majlis sekolah
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Schulrat
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

学校協議会
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

학교 협의회
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Sekolah dewan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hội đồng trường
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பள்ளி கவுன்சில்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

शाळा परिषद
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Okul konseyi
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

consiglio di istituto
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Rada szkoły
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

шкільна рада
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

consiliu școlar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σχολικό συμβούλιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skool raad
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skolrådet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skolerådet
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCHOOL COUNCIL»

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

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Dora Russell
Measures of self-government and a school council, especially for such young children, were a great innovation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCHOOL COUNCIL»

Discover the use of school council in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to school council and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The School Journal
ARTICLE I. The teachers of each school with the principal shall constitute the School Council, and either may take the initiative in organizing the Council. article n. In each school district of the city there shall be formed a District Council, which ...
‎1903
2
Enhancing Personal, Social and Health Education: Challenging ...
The structure and form of the school council In both schools we looked at a number of aspects of the school council. These were school council meetings, representation and reporting mechanisms, the scope of the council and the ...
Sally Inman, Martin Buck, Miles Tandy, 2003
3
American Journal of Education
§ 64. In important cases the Federal Council will decide after consulting the School Council, and if desirable, the teachers' conferences. § 65. Important regulations are promulgated by the Federal Council, these less important by the School ...
‎1871
4
Technical instruction: special report of the Commissioner of ...
In important cases tho Federal Council will decide after consulting the School Council, and if desirable, Die teachers' conferences. § 60. Important regulations are promulgated by the Federal Council, those less impoi'tiint by the School ...
United States. Bureau of Education, 1870
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The American Journal of Education
In important cases the Federal Council will decide after consulting the School Council, and if desirable, the teachers' conferences. § 65. Imjportant regulations are promulgated by the Federal Council, those less important by the School Council ...
Henry Barnard, 1870
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National Education: Systems, Institutions and Statistics of ...
In important cases the Federal Council will decide afier wnsulting the School Council, and if desirable, the teachers' conferences. § 65. Important regulations are promulgated by the Federal Council, those less important by the School Council.
Henry Barnard, 1872
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Meetings for School-Based Decision Making
A waiver option of such a two meeting provision will enable the school council to act immediately as needed. In matters over which school councils do not have total jurisdiction, Kentucky school councils occasionally pass policies that are ...
Keen J. Babbage, 1996
8
The Secondary PSHE Co-ordinator's Handbook
If the purpose of the school council is not clear from the beginning it is likely to generate a fair amount of rancour, scepticism and disillusionment for both staff and pupils.This may not be immediately apparent as the creation of a school council ...
Colin Noble, 2013
9
The Spirit of the School
Jack is wanting a cleaner school and Anne seems to link it to the importance of the school council. Both pupils were members of the school council, and so it appears that they were saying that the school council had asked that the school be ...
Julian Stern, 2011
10
Reviews of National Policies for Education Reviews of ...
Such radical restructuring would require clustering schools under school council control. A school council would be a registered, corporate body with its own bank account, elected chairman and vice-chairman, and employ technical staff.
OECD, 2000

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCHOOL COUNCIL»

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CPS school councils to politicians: Stop the blame game, fund the …
Local school council members from across the city on Tuesday called on elected officials to find a sustainable budget solution for Chicago Public Schools. «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
2
Alberta School Councils' Association slam proposed budget
Premier Jim Prentice speaks to the Edmonton Sun's editorial board in Edmonton Budget explanatory documents are seen as Alberta Premier Jim Prentice ... «Edmonton Sun, Apr 15»
3
At a school that led protests, some interesting candidates for local …
A Chicago school that vociferously protested school budget cuts last summer has some interesting candidates running for its local school council, among them a ... «WBEZ, Mar 14»
REFERENCE
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