EducationPoint

Are you are you about to decide on which school you are going to send your child to in September? Are you unhappy with the standard of education and teaching your child is currently receiving? Read full article »

Since the year 2000 when the Martinez Doctrine was promoted by the Orange County School District, of which Orlando schools is a part, and adopted by Orange County as a planning tool, problems have been building between the schools and the developers across the county. Read full article »

Washington Assessment of Student Learning is Enacted for the 2006-2007 School Year

The class of 2008 in all Seattle Schools will be required to pass the 10th-grade Washington Assessment of Student Learning, this will be the way that most students will earn the Certificate of Academic Achievement, Read full article »

Literacy is a problem across the nation; and with the influx of many poorly educated immigrants, the problem is only getting worse. The city of Boston has done something about it, and partners with the Boston schools for one phase of its implementation. Read full article »

Following in the footsteps of both federal and state trends to limit junk food and provide better nutrition to students, San Jose Schools will implement new some changes starting in September 2006. These changes may appear sudden but actually is part of a long term goal for improving student nutrition. Read full article »

When you think of interventions to use with problem and challenging students, normally you probably think of active approaches. But, there is a whole world of powerful, passive approaches that are frequently forgotten or completely overlooked. With that in mind, we ask you to look around your classroom or office. What do you see on your walls? The items on your wall can have on-going, major impact– all without you doing anything at all. We tend to forget that young people may spend hours each day just staring at what surrounds them. Read full article »

Military high schools today are claiming they are not the ‘punishment’ places they used to be. Remember hearing the phrase, {or maybe you actually were told this by your parents}, ‘If you don’t straighten up, your going to military school.’ Today, military schools in general want to change their image, and they don’t take teen’s who don’t want to be there anymore either. Many young people have graduated from military high school every year, and they want to dispel the myths that have surrounded military high schools for years. Some of these myths may sound familiar to you. Read full article »

After presenting these ideas at the NAREN (National At-Risk Education Network) in Wisconsin last week, I was asked to write an article that would be able to reach more people to spread the exciting word about Dr. William Glasser’s work in the area of Quality Schools.

There are many characteristics that are required in order for a school to be listed as a Quality School. There are currently 13 such schools in the country, with many more on their journey to become Quality Schools.. Read full article »