CHARTER SCHOOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does charter school mean? 

• CHARTER SCHOOL (noun)
  The noun CHARTER SCHOOL has 1 sense:

1. an experimental public school for kindergarten through grade 12; created and organized by teachers and parents and community leaders; operates independently of other schools

  Familiarity information: CHARTER SCHOOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHARTER SCHOOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An experimental public school for kindergarten through grade 12; created and organized by teachers and parents and community leaders; operates independently of other schools

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("charter school" is a kind of...):

public school (a tuition free school in the United States supported by taxes and controlled by a school board)