Education Articles (Sorted by date)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING: 5 MORE PRACTICAL TIPS

In my previous article we discussed the basics of learning foreign languages. To supplement your experience we will go over 5 more practical language learning tips that you can apply easily in your daily life.
Aaron KuroiwaSeptember 04, 2006

Human Rights Take Front And Center For The New York City Schools

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child put forth that one primary purpose of schools is to develop respect for human rights and the fundamental freedoms that all children should enjoy.
Patricia HawkeSeptember 01, 2006

How To Buy College Textbooks Cheap

The main and most important idea to keep in mind for finding college textbooks cheap is this: 'This book is a means to an end, not a personal possession for a lifetime.
Vicky SlaterSeptember 01, 2006

San Francisco Schools Connect to China and its Chinese Community

The Alice Fong Yu Alternative SchoolThe Alice Fong Yu Alternative School, one San Francisco School, is the first Chinese immersion school in the United States. The school is designed as a two-way Chinese/English instructional environment.
Patricia HawkeAugust 31, 2006

Pittsburgh Public Schools Early Childhood Program Brings Quality to Preschool Education

Educational Program ServicesAll Pittsburgh Schools Early Childhood Programs cover five days a week, for at least six hours a day. The goal of the program is to ensure that preschool children develop the skills that they will need for attending...
Patricia HawkeAugust 31, 2006

San Antonio Independent School District Gears Up for College

San Antonio Schools held two college fairs as part of its GEAR UP program to help the class of 2012 get ready for college. GEAR UP Fairs in the San Antonio AreaCurrent Sixth Grade students and their families attended college fairs at the University...
Patricia HawkeAugust 31, 2006

Do You Have a Budding Specialist on Your Hands? Give Her the Resources She Needs

If you have a child who gets really excited about a particular subject or activity, you're lucky. The enthusiasm for learning that comes from getting deeply involved in a specific area of interest can be parlayed into better reading and...
Aldene FredenburgAugust 31, 2006

Baltimore Schools Designate Six Schools as Persistently Dangerous with a Warning to Another

The federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act requires that all states report any schools that are considered persistently dangerous. The state of Maryland is only one of six states that have reported having such schools.
Patricia HawkeAugust 31, 2006

Michigan Schools and Parents of Disabled Children in Conflict

As in other states, Michigan schools are seeing more and more parents of disabled children pulling them out of public schools, providing alternative private education, and then suing the Michigan Schools to foot the bill.
Patricia HawkeAugust 31, 2006

Obtain Your High School Diploma Online Through Citizens High School

Acquiring a GED (General Education Development) is no small achievement. Stringent requirements can often make obtaining a GED very difficult. And yet some employers look upon a GED as inferior and will not hire based on this “high school...
Kris KoonarAugust 30, 2006