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madrassas

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variants or madrasas also madrassahs or madrasahs

plural of madrassa

as in yeshivas

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Leaders of the state’s largest teachers union plan to focus their efforts on passing Proposition 3, which would make permanent an existing tax on certain high earners to fund schools and community colleges.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Those schools join Carnegie Mellon, Tufts, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago and others in making tuition-free pledges for middle-class families with incomes ranging from roughly $75,000 to $250,000.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 8 July 2026

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Ohio charter schools are established by a sponsor that ensures schools follow their contracts and, every five years, determines if the school will be renewed and continue to operate as a public charter school.

— Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2025
In 2017, the roughly 125,000 students enrolled in independent study charter schools in California represented more than 20 percent of all charter school students in the state.

— Kerry McDonald, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

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