Reference Desk
- Is My Child On Track?
- Kindergarten Readiness
- Learning To Read
- Types of Schools
- Learning Personalities
- Standards and Testing
- Gifted Children
- The Early Years (3-5)
- The Middle Years (6-12)
- The Teen Years (13-18)
- Parent-School Connection
- Your Parenting Style
- Keeping Your Kids Healthy
- Extracurricular Activities
- Life Skills
- Thinking About College
- Special Needs
Types of Schools
Choosing a School
- Getting the Education You Want for Your Child (Partnership for Learning)
- Choosing a School: Types of Schools (U.S. Department of Education)
- Learn What Choices Are Available to You (U.S. Department of Education)
- Choosing a School for Your Child: Resources (U.S. Department of Education)
- Choose the Right School (Partnership for Learning)
- Selecting a School for Your Child (U.S. Department of Education)
- Selecting the School That is Right for Your Child: Consider Your Child and Family (U.S. Department of Education)
- Selecting the School That is Right for Your Child: Gather Information About Schools (U.S. Department of Education)
- Selecting the School That is Right For Your Child: Apply to the School(s) You Choose (U.S. Department of Education)
- Evaluating Schools: Questions and Tips for Parents, Schools, and the Community (U.S. Department of Education)
- Selecting a School (Duke Talent Identification Program)
- Selecting a School for Our Son with LD (SchwabLearning.org)
- What Makes School Effective? (McGraw Hill)
Visiting Schools
- Selecting the School That is Right for Your Child: Visit and Observe Schools (U.S. Department of Education)
- What to Look for When Visiting a School (Small Schools Project)
- What to Look for in a Classroom (Alfie Kohn)
- Beyond AYP: Evaluating Your Child's School
NCLB and School Choice
- Choosing a School and No Child Left Behind (U.S. Department of Education)
- Choice and Supplemental Educational Services Frequently Asked Questions (U.S. Department of Education)
- Glossary of Terms: No Child Left Behind (U.S. Department of Education)
School Choice Options
- School Choice Myth-Busters (Society for Quality Education)
- School Choice as Education Reform: What Do We Know? (ERIC)
- Education Vouchers (National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education)
- Parental Choice of Schools (National Center for Education Statistics)
- Tuition Tax Credits (National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education)
Charter Schools
- What are Charter Schools? (National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education)
- Charter Schools (ERIC)
- Charter Schools Demystified
- Charter School Outcomes (Vanderbilt Peabody College)
- The Role of Charter Schools in Closing the Gap (U.S. Department of Education)
- Charter Schools Key Statistics (National Center for Education Statistics)
- Perspectives on Charter Schools: A Review for Parents (ERIC)
- Public Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities (ERIC)
- Facts and Figures: Charter Schools (Economic Policy Institute)
- Alternative Is No Solution (Economic Policy Institute)
- Do Charter Schools Cut It? No (Economic Policy Institute)
- Charter Homeschool Programs (Homeschool Association of California)
- Charter Schools - Homeschool (Homeschool Association of California)
Waldorf Methods
- Waldorf Education K-12 (Association of Waldorf Schools of North America)
- The Arts and Practical Skills (Association of Waldorf Schools of North America)
- How Do I Start a Waldorf School? (Association of Waldorf Schools of North America)
- What about Computers and Waldorf Education? (Association of Waldorf Schools of North America)
- Waldorf Schools: What You Need to Know
- Bring Waldorf Education Home
Montessori Methods
- The Montessori Approach (Association Montessori Internationale)
- Montessori Environments (Birth Through Adulthood) (Association Montessori Internationale)
- Montessori Turns 100!
Small Schools
- Key lessons: Class Size and Student Achievement (Center for Public Education)
- Affective and Social Benefits of Small-Scale Schooling (ERIC)
- The Advantages of Small Schools (ERIC)
- Student Learning in Small Schools: Learning in a New Key (What Kids Can Do)
- Should Small Schools With Low Enrollment Be Closed? (Society for Quality Education)
- The School-Within-a-School Model (ERIC)
Single-Sex Education
- K-12 Single-Sex Education: What Does the Research Say? (ERIC)
- The Lowdown on Single-Sex Education
- Single Gender Education - Why?
- The Girls' School Experience (ERIC)
- Preschool and Boys (National Association for Single-Sex Public Education)
- Boys and Elementary School (National Association for Single-Sex Public Education)
- Boys in Middle School and High School (National Association for Single-Sex Public Education)
School Year Options
- School Calendar Comparisons (National Association for Year-Round Education)
- Typical Year-Round Calendars (National Association for Year-Round Education)
- Key Lessons: What Research Says About Reorganizing School Schedules (Center for Public Education)
- Extended School Year (ERIC)
- Forget 8am - 3pm: Here Comes the Longer School Day
- Do Kids Need a Longer School Day?
