Several Orlando School administrators will be among the nearly four hundred curriculum developers and administrators from around the nation to visit China in an effort to create and expand educational programs that teach Chinese language and culture in America.
Preparing for Emergency Situations at School
We know emergency situations can (and will at some point) happen in your class. It may be minor, such as a student becoming sick in your room, or even a practice event like a fire drill or tornado drill. Hopefully you won’t encounter a real life-threatening emergency. But you should always be prepared for such instances.
San Francisco Schools Connect to China and its Chinese Community
The 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. The school provides an outstanding educational experience for children of all backgrounds. All students at Alice Fong Yu develop competency in the Cantonese and English languages and use the two languages actively in the content curriculum.
Do You Have What It Takes To Home School Your Child?
Are you and your children cut out for home school? Homeschooling your own child has its advantages and disadvantages, but with total control you have the flexibility to teach your child values that cannot be taught in a public classroom.
Your home school curriculum can also incorporate your own religious and moral beliefs, something that no one but you can teach your own child. By taking control of a child’s education a parent can shape that child’s value system better tha…
Cleveland Schools Aim for Healthy Students and Teachers
Eighty-three students and teachers from seven Cleveland Schools are participating in a program designed to increase health and self-confidence. The eleven week Motivating Movement Through Marathoning Challenge is a joint program between Cleveland Schools and the Cleveland YMCA.
Different Schools in the Seattle School District Honor Graduates
On Monday, June 19th, Richard Coone received an honorary diploma from Garfield High School, a Seattle High School. He walked with the Garfield High graduates at the graduating ceremonies held at Qwest Field. Mr. Coone has waited over sixty-five years to receive a diploma. In 1941, Mr. Coone was a senior at Garfield High School and was prepared to graduate with his friends but World War II got in the way. In his junior year, Mr. Coone had joined the National Guard by lying about his age.
A Brief History of Distance Education
An interesting article detailing the history of distance education and online learning.
CEO Bonnie Copeland Leaving Baltimore Schools Cause for Concern
CEO Bonnie Copeland left the Baltimore schools on July 1, 2006. She had been with them for three years, which is a norm for an urban school superintendent. Her leaving, however, was not of her own choosing.
Choosing A Degree?
College, and the pursuit of college degrees, has changed immensely in the last couple of decades. Just a few short years ago, on virtually every U.S. higher education campus a college freshman was generally 18 years old, a senior 21 and courses were all taught live and in groups in campus classrooms.
Now the learning options, as well as the student demographics have changed considerably. Many baby boomers, and even seniors are returning to campus to retrain for a career ch…
Cincinnati Schools Creates Programs to Improve Teaching and Learning
Three Cincinnati Schools have volunteered to take part in a new program next school year that is aimed to improve the schoolÂ’s instructional strategies and increase professional development. The aim of the program is to illustrate the connection between effective teaching and the studentÂ’s academic performance. The Cincinnati Schools involved in the pilot program are John P. Parker School in Madisonville, South Avondale School in Avondale and Whittier School in Price Hill.
MIRACLES are made in heaven – Not schools (Goverment Funding)
Goverment funding, their having a laugh, It would be a miracle if you can get a child to swap his burger for a lettuce leaf.
Online Education – Parents Who’s Children Come 1st
Are your children programmed agains’t their will. Give them the gift of survival with online education. Can your children succeed without you