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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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Example Sentences

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