school
A place where children go to learn from teachers.
An institution where children and young people are taught subjects and skills.
The time when students have lessons.
The scheduled part of the day or year when students are in class.
A part of a university for one subject area, like law or medicine.
A division within a university or college specializing in a particular field of study.
A group of people who work in the same way or believe the same ideas about something.
A group of people who share the same ideas or methods in art, science, philosophy, or other fields.
Many fish swimming together.
A large number of fish swimming together in the same direction.
- Base: school
- Plural: school, schools
after school
1Time after classes end for the day
The time after classes finish each day.
- We have soccer practice after school.
- She works at a café after school.
go to school
1Attend an educational institution
To be a student at a place where you learn from teachers.
- Children in this country must go to school until they are 16.
- I went to school in New York City.
in-school suspension
1Disciplinary action keeping student in school but out of class
Punishment where a student must stay at school but not go to normal classes.
- He received an in-school suspension for fighting.
- In-school suspension lasts three days here.
old school
1Traditional or old-fashioned methods/attitudes
Having ideas or ways that were common in the past but not now.
- He's kind of old school when it comes to manners.
- This restaurant is run in an old-school way.
school of thought
1Shared set of ideas on a subject
A way of thinking that is shared by some people about one subject.
- There is more than one school of thought about how to teach reading.
- I'm in the school of thought that believes experience matters more than theory.