free school


noun
  1. a privately run school organized as an alternative to the traditional public or private school, usually following a highly flexible approach to the curriculum and teaching methods.

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How to use free school in a sentence

  • I went to the Jews' free school, which was turned into a synagogue, and passed the whole day in tearful supplication.

    Ghetto Comedies | Israel Zangwill
  • What music is sweeter than the singing of birds, the ringing of free school bells and the hum of machinery?

    The Golden Censer | John McGovern