school system

District learning network

A school system is the network of public schools administered by a single authority, typically a local government or district: The Chicago school system serves over 300,000 students.

It encompasses elementary, middle, and high schools operating under unified policies and funding.

More broadly, school system can refer to a country's entire educational structure: The Finnish school system consistently ranks among the world's best.

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institutional structure

school systemunschooling

Self-directed home education

homeschooling · home education · deschooling · autodidacticism · self-education

social organization

school systemilliteracy

Inability to read

ignorance · child labor

Family

school, system, schooling, systematic

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