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

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

Maury Elementary has seen enrollment increase from around 300 students to more than 500 in the past five years, according to Lora Nunn, vice president of the Maury Parent-Teacher Association.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2022

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