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community education

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noun

  1. the provision of a wide range of educational and special interest courses and activities by a local authority

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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JPMorgan has been looking to grow deeper roots in the cities and towns where it does business, rolling out specialty branches focused on community education for years.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

Nonprofit organizations and lawyers can provide community education on the limits of expedited removal, the right to a hearing, and the ways individuals can claim asylum or show they’re not subject to expedited removal.

From Slate Dec. 3, 2024

Chris Hoffer, community education director Tilth Alliance, adds, “We’re experiencing a climate crisis. The cost of food is high. Traditional foodways and knowledge are lost when they’re not practiced.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 26, 2024

The group did not respond to Grist's request for more information, but a press release notes that the funding helped "support sorting improvements and community education across the U.S."

From Salon Oct. 14, 2022

We are all thus cogs in Nature’s great scheme for community education; let us be intelligent cogs, and help the movement on instead of hindering it.

From A Librarian's Open Shelf by Bostwick, Arthur E.

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