including private schools. “At its core, school choice is really about parents and guardians having the ability to choose, regardless of how those options are funded,” says Amy Smith, interim dean of the school of education
Choice options: School choice, yes--But what kind?Tyack, David
Why is critical thinking essential? Firstly, that’s what almost every employer seeks. Secondly, in the era of fake news, contrasting data, and so much information to process every day, critical thinking is the only way to make sense of this world. Good thing you came to the right place...
For it is your own assessment of your interests, attitudes and abilities that is central to finding a college. Why? Because the purpose of college hunting is to find the right match between you and your eventual college choice. Many students want to start their search by looking at ...
High ropes courses can be found at other schools such as James Madison University, George Mason University and Eastern Carolina University, but having one at a school the size of Richmond is particularly unique, said Lucia Anderson, Westhampton College '12 and the university’s manager of Outdoo...
unaware of what legislation would come to pass regardingeducation, points out that there’s nothing wrong with being accountable for what children learn. However, the way schools and the government are going about it is inherently incorrect. Students don’t learn anything from incessant and unstimu...
Stanford was just one player in a rapidly expanding ecology of colleges and universities, and educational entrepreneurs like Terman were active all over the United States. It was the ubiquity and variety of their efforts to secure government funding that made legislation on the scale of the NDEA ...
Well, remember, mindset change is a process. It begins with a desire and and understanding of the mindsets. Then is a gradual choice you make as the situations arise. As a parent you can watch the way you talk to your child to be sure you are encouraging a growth mindset. Instead of...
Most parents get their first choice of school (94%) and this holds both for more and less advantaged parents, though this is partially because poorer parents make more 'realistic', i.e. less ambitious, choices. If, in areas where there is a lot of potential competition between schools, ...
Gavin Newsom recently signed legislation requiring school districts to regulate cell phone use. At least seven of the 20 largest school districts in the nation have either banned phones during the school day or plan to do so. Smartphone use is inextricably linked with...