school program

Organized learning activities

A school program is an organized educational initiative within a school system, whether a curriculum track, extracurricular activity, or specialized service: the gifted and talented program, an after-school program, a summer reading program.

Programs typically have defined goals, structure, and duration, distinguishing them from general instruction: The district cut funding for its music program.

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enrollment · academic · coursework · lecture · semester · graduation · diploma · tutorial · elective · workshop · field trip · assembly · lunch period · homework · honor roll · principal · transcript · afterschool

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Opposites
formality of education

school programunschooling

Self-directed home education

self-directed learning · street smarts · life experience · school of hard knocks · autodidacticism

institutional vs. independent learning

school programself-education

Independent pursuit of knowledge

homeschooling · independent study · self-teaching · self-study · unschooling

educational vs. non-educational activity

school programrecreational activity

Leisure pursuit for pleasure

entertainment · play · work program · vocational training · job training

Family

school, program, schools, schooled, schooling, schooler, preschool, schoolhouse, schoolwork

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