501 articles on "school"

From High School to College or University – 1 - The Problems of Change

Leaving High School and going to college or university is a major change for any student. A new college or university student will find themselves in a different world to their previous time at school, a world in which they will face new challenges a...

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The Importance of Mental Health Awareness in Schools

"The Importance of Mental Health Awareness in Schools" Mental health is a topic that has gained increasing recognition in recent years. As societal understandings of mental health have evolved, it has become clear that schools play a critical role i...

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College Freshman Pitfalls to Avoid

A person’s education is actually never completed. We are all lifelong learners. We do however, have formal education systems that are finite and well defined.An experience that is nearly universal in western societies is the experience of grade sch...

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Getting My Child The Additional Help In School He Or She Needs

Getting My Child The Additional Help In School He Or She Needs by: Noel Swanson The British government promised "that a child with special educational needs should have their needs met" (sec. 1.3, SEN Code of Practice, 2001). Even though it&apos...

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What Divorce Parenting Practices is Best Appropriate for School-Age Children

It is being said that how bad or how well children go through the divorce depends on how the situation is handled. And believe me when I tell you that there is an appropriate divorce parenting practices for children of any age for them to be healthy,...

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September Tears

September is that ritualized time of year when children of all ages leave home for school. This week, our twenty-two year old daughter left home for what seemed like the zillionth time. This time it was to return to college, and this time she left to...

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Rediscovering the Classroom: How to Make Learning Fun

If you're like many people, you spent much of your youth in school, sat in a lot of classes, listened to a lot of lectures, and did a lot of homework. Maybe along the way you even learned something. I say "maybe" because despite all the "change...

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5 Ways to Profit From No Child Left Behind NCLB

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (No Child Left Behind) is designed to reform and improve student achievement and change the culture of America’s schools. According to this reform act each state must measure every public school student’s prog...

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Kick Start Your Mentor Program and Stop the Bullies!

Whining about bullying and how rotten the bullies were and the poor students that they bullied used to be one of my regular activities. "We have to do something to help these kids" both the bullies and their victims," I would whine. But for years, I ...

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Son, Can I Use The Car Tonight?

Son, Can I Use The Car Tonight? by: Douglas G. BurklandI recall somewhere in the recesses of my aging brain a time past when kids actually asked to borrow the family car for the evening. Heck, I even recall myself uttering that request to my fol...

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