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Atten-SHUN!
AN INSIDE LOOK AT MILITARY BOARDING SCHOOL. A parent-teen.com
special feature.
FREE GUIDE FOR TEENS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES: "For the High School Student: Improving
Reading, Taking Tests and Planning for the Future" is available
for free download. You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader. At SchwabLearning.org.
GETTING
SERIOUS ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL. A
six-part series in Education Week, beginning with the April 11,
2001 issue. "Recent studies and reform initiatives suggest
a growing sense that what is needed for the nation's high schools
is nothing short of a new mission for a new century."
Hostile
Hallways: Bullying, Teasing, and Sexual Harassment in School.
News release and
ordering information for a new study by the AAUW (American Assn.
of University Women) released June 2001.
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"Be patient and sympathetic with the type of mind that cuts a poor figure in examinations. It may, in the long examination which life sets us, come out in the end in better shape than the glib and ready reproducer, its passions being deeper, its purposes more worth, its combining power less commonplace, and its total mental output consequently more important." William James, philosopher Recommended Reading "Raising Our Sights: No High School Senior Left Behind," final report of the Commission on the Senior Year, October, 2001, in PDF (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). Outstanding High Schools: Lessons from
Six Metro Areas, LinksInternational Baccalaureate Organisation Third Internat'l Math & Science Study-Repeat, report on global testing of 8th graders MiddleWeb: Exploring Middle School and Middle Grades Reform. Teachers' diaries, articles and news about middle school education. High School Hub, noncommercial gateway to excellent free online academic resources for high school students. Bullets courtesy of
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