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Educational Topics

*School Selection
Part II: What Standardize Tests Results Reveal

*Is your Child really succeeding in school?
Part II: Grade Inflation
 

 


Education Videos
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Category: EDUCATIONAL issues/concerns of TODAY

Jena, Louisiana
Depicts Educational Intimidation

Journey To Jena
 

Category:  parent education boot camp

Boot Camp Lesson 1
Find out what parents need to do during the first 2 weeks of school.

Boot Camp Lesson 2
psat, quality work, progress report, and more....

Category:  educational topics  

Quality Teachers
Quality Education begins with Quality Teachers.
In this webcast, Ms. Austin contrasts Provisional Teacher v Qualified Teacher v Quality Teacher.
 Which teacher does your child have?   What is the experience level of your child's teacher? 
View this webcast to find the answers.
 (Running time: 9 min)

School Selection:  Part 1
What's in a School's Name

Can the quality of education be summed up in a name?  Parents, find out what information
you can deduce about the quality of education in a school from the school's name.

(windows media) (Running time: 10 min)

Is Your Child Really Succeeding In School
Pt 1: Regress To The Mean

Parents are empowered with knowledge about how a  child can earn A's and B's while regressing in a classroom.  Parents, after viewing this video, you will be able to answer the question, 'Is my child really succeeding in school or is he/she regressing?
(windows media) (Running time: 15min)

What you can do if your child failed
Parents are empowered with knowledge on several areas referencing failure and the appeal process
1. Promotion and Retention Criteria 2. Failure Procedure 3. Differentiated assessment
4. Grade Computation 5. Impact of failure 6. Skill deficiency 7. Strategy for skill mastery
(windows media) (Running time: 16min)

College Entry & Scholarships:  By The Numbers
Numbers that make up the grading scale, GPA, SAT, and ACT are compared in this video to aid a parent's understanding of how they may be used to determine a child's acceptance into college and
earning of a  scholarship. (windows media)

Creating Safe School
Five contributing factors are examined in this video:
1. School Environment  2.Classroom Environment
3.The LAW:  Bullying, NCLB  4. Violence in Society  5.LOVE
(windows media)

Category:  Start of public schools

How public schools started in the South? (windows media)
In the North:
Massachusetts has been credited with the start of public schools in 1635.
In the South: Public schools  were started 200+ years later.

 Category: Historic School Desegregation videos

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Mendez v. Westminster/Desegregating California's Schools

Brown: A Landmark Case

Implementing Brown

 

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