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double dosing n. This school year EHS began doing what is called “double dosing” in math for ninth-grade students. Double dosing is a method by which students take two math classes, one being specifically for reinforcing concepts taught in the first math class. [ ] [full cite] (Apr. 11, 2006)
double-f school n. The Smart School in Lauderhill, flagged by school district officials Tuesday as a possible “double-F” school, has struggled since it opened in 1999 as Broward’s first charter middle school. [ ] [full cite] (May. 1, 2004)
double-f school n. There are six D schools in Escambia County, and there is one “double F” school—Carver/Century K-8 School. [ ] [full cite] (May. 1, 2004)
double-f school n. Schools in “certain” neighborhoods still have fewer advanced classes, more broken equipment, older facilities and less community involvement. They tend, in the parlance of modern education, to be Double-F schools, too. [ ] [full cite] (May. 1, 2004)
doul n. Douling, my clever friends told me, derived from the Greek word for a slave, and in your first two years at school you could be compelled to do almost any task by either a House prefect—they were called monitors—or your study monitor. These tasks could range from boiling an egg to giving someone a hand job. Monitors summoned douls by stepping into the corridor and yelling either “Dddooooooouuuuuuulll” or “Doul doul doul doul doul doul.” [ ] [full cite] (Oct. 15, 2005)
douling n. Douling, my clever friends told me, derived from the Greek word for a slave, and in your first two years at school you could be compelled to do almost any task by either a House prefect—they were called monitors—or your study monitor. These tasks could range from boiling an egg to giving someone a hand job. Monitors summoned douls by stepping into the corridor and yelling either “Dddooooooouuuuuuulll” or “Doul doul doul doul doul doul. [ ] [full cite] (Oct. 15, 2005)
drill and kill n. Instead of a traditional worksheet of problems, known in teacherese as “drill and kill,” they were playing a game of dominoes, and learning at the same time. [ ] [full cite] (Dec. 23, 2005)
drill and kill v. phr. She said teachers spend too much time “teaching to the test” or as they call it, “drill and kill.” [ ] [full cite] (Jan. 15, 2007)
early college n.

Also known as “early colleges,” middle colleges allow students to earn a high school diploma and two years of college credit within five years.
Such schools are designed to increase high school graduation rates and bolster college-readiness levels.

[ ] [full cite] (Feb. 27, 2007)
educanto n. What Mr. Weaver seems to care about most is spending. Or, as he calls it in pure educanto, inputs. [ ] [full cite] (Dec. 23, 2005)

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