Parent-Teacher Association

[ pair-uhnt-tee-cher, par- ]

noun

1. an organization of teachers and the parents of their students, as within a public school, to promote mutual understanding and to increase the effectiveness of the educational program. : PTA, P.T.A.

parent teacher association

noun

1. a social group of the parents of children at a school and their teachers formed in order to foster better understanding between them and to organize activities on behalf of the school PTA

Example Sentences

It explained, for instance, why he never went to parent-teacher association events, never integrated himself into “the community.”

From The Daily Beast