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The advantages of private schools vs public schools
Is public school really good enough for your child? Take a look at what private schools have to offer and make an informed decision.
There is a growing controversy in our country regarding education in private schools vs. public schools. What is the difference really? Private schools have a [...]
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How to help your child study
Parents can assist their children’s learning by not taking over but rather supporting kids’ homework assignments, projects, and study habits.
If your child comes home from school complaining that he doesn’t understand a particular lesson, you may need to offer a few pointers. But there is a fine line between a [...]
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How to choose the right private school for your child
Thinking about sending your child to private school? Here are some things to consider as you look for a good match.
Today more Americans than ever before are choosing private school for their children’s education. Many reasons have led to this phenomenon, among them concern about public [...]
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How to improve reading skill
This article contains tips for helping a reluctant reader improve his reading skills and learn to love books.
Reading skill is one of the best determiners for school success, and yet, many children read poorly or simply do not seem to enjoy reading. How can parents help reluctant readers enjoy reading more? [...]
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10 tips to help your child learn to read
These ten activities will help parents to start a young child on the road to learning to read and enjoying books.
Many children are starting to read earlier than ever in today’s fast paced environment. Instilling the love of reading into children is an important gift for parents [...]
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How to motivate your child to study a foreign language
Some kids aren’t interested in learning a foreign language at school. Here’s how parents can help to motivate them to success.
A hundred years ago students learned Latin and Greek in high school or college. When modern languages came into vogue as an academic discipline, high school [...]
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Working with Teachers and Schools to Build Character in Children
Source: U.S. Department of Education
Visit with your child’s teachers early in the school year. Tell them what kind of person you want your child to become and what values are important to you. Discuss with them ways that they and the school can reinforce the lessons [...]
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How Can We Teach Critical Thinking?
Author: Kathryn S. Carr
Date: 1990
The need to teach higher order thinking skills is not a recent one. Education pundits have called for renewed interest in problem solving for years. As far back as 1967, Raths, Jonas, Rothstein and Wassermann (1967) decried the lack of emphasis on thinking in the schools. [...]
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How to Motivate Adult Learners
By eHow Education Editor
Teaching adults is its own field, with its own challenges and methods. As a teacher of adults, your task is specialized: they already know most of what they need, but are receiving instruction on something specific like a computer program or a language. Stay focused on what you [...]
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Education
Education encompasses teaching and learning specific skills, and also something less tangible but more profound: the imparting of knowledge, positive judgment and well-developed wisdom. Education has as one of its fundamental aspects the imparting of culture from generation to generation (see socialization). Education means ‘to draw out’, facilitating realisation of self-potential and latent talents of [...]
