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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who is both a pupil and a teacher.

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Examples

  • In 2008 New York's pupil-teacher ratio was 13.1, the eighth lowest among the 50 states, and its per-pupil spending ($16,000) leads the nation.

    Fewer Students, More Teachers 2010

  • As programs are currently configured, interventions early in the life cycle of disadvantaged children have much higher economic returns than later interventions such as reduced pupil-teacher ratios, public job training, convict rehabilitation programs, adult literacy programs, tuition subsidies or expenditure on police.

    Schools, Skills, and Synapses « Isegoria 2008

  • In 2008 New York's pupil-teacher ratio was 13.1, the eighth lowest among the 50 states, and its per-pupil spending ($16,000) leads the nation.

    Fewer Students, More Teachers 2010

  • In 2008 New York's pupil-teacher ratio was 13.1, the eighth lowest among the 50 states, and its per-pupil spending ($16,000) leads the nation.

    Fewer Students, More Teachers 2010

  • The cull of schools is exacerbated by a bureaucratic trend to shepherd kids into sprawing Grange Hill-style secondaries (average school roll has jumped from 861 to 974 under Labour), all the time keeping the pupil-teacher ratio around 16.

    Responding to the opponents of “Swedish schools” 2009

  • The pupil-teacher ratio in England has remained broadly the same since 1979 – if new schools are set up then the smaller class sizes would be no bad thing.

    Responding to the opponents of “Swedish schools” 2009

  • The policy's purpose is to improve educational performance by reducing pupil-teacher ratios in classrooms.

    Republicans As Red Sox 2008

  • (The pupil-teacher ratio in private schools average is 9.3, v 16.7 for state schools).

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2008

  • (The pupil-teacher ratio in private schools average is 9.3, v 16.7 for state schools).

    Controlling the classroom 2008

  • (The pupil-teacher ratio in private schools average is 9.3, v 16.7 for state schools).

    Controlling the classroom 2008

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