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  Parent-Teacher Association

  noun

  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
  parent teacher association

  noun

  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

Parent-Teacher Association

American  

[pair-uhnt-tee-cher, par-] / ˈpɛər əntˈti tʃər, ˈpær- /

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.

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parent teacher association British  

noun

1. PTA. 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

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Parents’ groups including the Florida Parent-Teacher Association had urged Mr. DeSantis to veto the bill after the state’s Legislature passed it last week.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

The more than 500 parents who turned out for the virtual National Parent-Teacher Association Legislative Conference last week seemed much more capable and creative than this dismal portrait suggests.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023

But on a cloudless day last March, these hardened ex-cons met their match: the Parent-Teacher Association of Nakanodai Elementary School.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

Parental involvement was unified in activities spanning from musicals to the Parent-Teacher Association.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2015

My mother, who never went to any of my Parent-Teacher Association meetings when I was in school.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

Amin, who left the academy in 2015, has teamed up with the school's parent teacher association who will refer students to him.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Efrain Valdez, president of the parent teacher association, said he hopes officials can adjust plans to help students who need to walk to school.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2023

Lindsay Poveromo-Joly spent years as a hyper-engaged mom, the type who knew everyone at her kids’ school and ran half the committees of the parent teacher association.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022

Newland, a cancer survivor, has been a Girl Scout leader, a parent teacher association founder, a fire victims aid organizer, a borough council member, a local party leader and a national Clinton delegate.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2017

“At the time, we thought we were the only school named after him, so the president of the parent teacher association wrote several letters inviting him,” Cherry said.

From Time ● Feb. 18, 2016

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