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school without walls

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noun

  1. a nontraditional educational program that uses community facilities as learning resources.

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And the slightly offbeat profile of expatriates on the island means parents are open to novel concepts like a school without walls that grows its own vegetables.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2011

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