Summer school (or summer university) is a school, or a program generally sponsored by a school or a school district, that teaches students during the summer vacation. These programs are usually non-academic in elementary and middle school, though some are used for remedial instruction. In high school, college or university, …
The term “emotional growth education” was created by Linda Houghton in the early 1980s to describe workshops and other specialty programs at the first CEDU School. The term was meant to clearly define how the curriculum used child development principles and healthy stages of growth to create self-esteem and develop …
A language school is a school where one studies a foreign language. Classes at a language school are usually geared towards, but not limited to, communicative proficiency in a foreign language. Language learning in such schools typically supplements formal education or existing knowledge of a foreign language. Students vary widely by …
Art school is a general term for any educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. The term applies to institutions with elementary, secondary, post-secondary or undergraduate, or graduate or postgraduate programs in these areas. They are well known from larger …
A vocational school (or trade school or career school), providing vocational education, is a school in which students are taught the skills required to perform a particular job. Traditionally, vocational schools have not existed to further education in the sense of liberal arts, but rather to teach only job-specific skills, …
Charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money (and like other schools, may also receive private donations) but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which …
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word ‘boarding’ is used in the meaning of “bed and board,” i.e., lodging and meals. Some boarding schools also have day students …
Alternative school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular the United States) to define an institution which provides part of alternative education. It is an educational establishment with a curriculum and approaches that are nontraditional. These schools have a special curriculum offering a more flexible program of …
An adult high school or adult school is a high school facility designed for adult education. It is meant for adults who have not completed high school to continue their education. Some adult high schools provide child care, special integration programs for immigrants and refugees, career counselling and other programs and services …
STEM subjects are gaining a lot of emphasis, but why, all of a sudden has it become so important? If done correctly the STEM subjects should boost the education of future students so regardless of what profession they choose they will be prepared for life and be able to further …
