day schools

Non-boarding educational institutions

Day schools are educational institutions where students attend classes during the day and return home in the evening, as opposed to boarding schools where students live on campus.

The term often appears in religious contexts—Jewish day schools, Catholic day schools—where it distinguishes full-time religious education from after-school or weekend programs: She attended Hebrew day school through eighth grade.

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residential status

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Residential institutions for pupils

residential schools · military academies · finishing schools · residential colleges · prep schools

formality/structure of education

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Family-directed academic instruction

home education · unschooling · distance learning · virtual schools · correspondence schools

educational scheduling

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Educational institutions with evening hours

evening schools · night classes · evening programs · weekend schools

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