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Choosing a School: Types of Schools
Parents have a growing array of options in choosing a school, though the extent of the options varies from state to ...
Source: U.S. Department of Education
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Is It Time to Change Schools?
Many school districts now offer quite a few choices such as magnet schools, charters, or even alternate neighborhood ...
Source: Education.com
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How to Choose a School for Your Child
You’ve Talked to other parents. You’ve Evaluated the school, and you’ve Stopped by for a visit. You ...
Source: EduGuide
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What to Look for When Visiting a School
Before the Visit: Check out the school's website to learn about the key features and design principles of the ...
Source: Small Schools Project
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What to Look for in a Classroom
Good Signs Possible Reasons to Worry Furniture ...
Source: Alfie Kohn
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Key lessons: Class Size and Student Achievement
After more than 20 years of research, class size continues to be at the forefront of the educational and political ...
Source: Center for Public Education
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Top 10 Signs of a Good Kindergarten Classroom
What do kindergarteners need to grow physically, emotionally, and intellectually? Here are the top 10 signs of a good ...
Source: National Association for the Education of Young Children
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A Guide to Programs Sending Kids to Better Schools
The statistics are alarming: across America, an estimated 2 million students are trapped in failing schools, condemned ...
Source: Education.com
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What's to Gain with a Longer School Day?
What's to gain with a longer school day? Some say extending learning hours will narrow the achievement gap, help ...
Source: Education.com
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Boys and Elementary School
Does gender really matter, if you’re a six-year-old boy? Sigmund Freud popularized the notion of the ...
Source: National Association for Single-Sex Public Education
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Boys in Middle School and High School
In my second book Boys Adrift, I focus on the challenges facing boys as they progress from childhood through ...
Source: National Association for Single-Sex Public Education
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Serving Recent Immigrant Students Through School-Community Partnerships
Immigration to the United States continues to rise steadily (United States Department of Homeland Security, 2007). ...
Source: The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement
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Educating the Expat Child: A guide to finding the ideal school overseas
Families moving abroad, whether for business, military service, or personal reasons, often face the dilemma of finding ...
Source: Education.com
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School as a Risk Factor for Challenging Behavior
In the 1970s, researchers began to notice that schools vary greatly in their rates of academic performance and ...
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The School Voucher Debate
If, like many parents, you're dissatisfied with your local public school, you may have daydreamed about yanking your ...
Source: Education.com
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API Report
Schools Accountability Act (PSAA) of 1999. This report shows how much a school is improving from year to year based on ...
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Current Trends in Teacher Experience and Placement
Private schools and schools with high minority enrollments are more likely to employ teachers with 3 or fewer years of ...
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The School Voucher Debate
If, like many parents, you're dissatisfied with your local public school, you may have daydreamed about yanking your tax...
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Merit Pay: What's it all About?
Let's face it: some teachers are just better at their jobs than others. But would these successful educators work harder...
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Private School Funding Options
Don't give up on private school because of the price listed in the brochure before checking out a few possible...
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Student Learning in Small Schools: Learning in a New Key
Learning in a New Key "In my old school I did little pieces of everything, but it didn't really stick to my brain....
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Conditions Associated with Risk: School Factors
Schools contribute to vulnerability in students by failing to create conditions that are supportive of children’s...
