For many students in K-12 education, the normal routine of classwork and homework can get boring, and they may misbehave. Other students with behavior or emotional problems requires motivation and incentives to continue learning or to guide them in the right direction. The amount of discipline and motivation differs by …
According to data recently released by the U.S. Department of Education. more than 160,000 children were disciplined using corporal punishment in public schools in the United States in the 2013-2014 school year. School corporal punishment, which typically involves striking a child with a wooden board or paddle, is currently legal …
When students get out of school, they’re more likely to be unsupervised, particularly if their parents work or they have to walk home. According to a 2004 “Journal of Public Economics” article, the hours between 3 and 7 p.m. on weekdays are the most likely times for children to get …
Kindergarten retention is a controversial subject among parents and educators. This mainly arises from the subjective nature of the decision. Kindergarten students do not pass or fail a subject. Their overall academic performance is considered. If your child is struggling in kindergarten, you need to consider all sides of the …
As online distance education becomes more distinguished, quality correspondence courses in fashion design are becoming more accessible. These programs can be based anywhere in the world, and they accept students from anywhere. These programs also offer a variety of course structures, from those that contain a set of prescribed courses …
Scholastic Testing Services offers a high school placement test. Academic and parochial high schools use the test to identify entrance requirements, eligibility for programs and scholarships and class placement. Parents and test takers need to be able to interpret test results in order to understand how it measures the student’s …
The Stanford Achievement Test has long been used to assess kindergarten through twelfth-grade students’ academic knowledge in comparison to all students at grade level in a nationwide sample. A student with a stanine score of 9 on the Stanford, for example, is in the top 4 percent of students at …
Most of the people that are advocates of dual language programs say that these programs are more effective at educating different types of students than other programs. These programs typically produce better outcomes for language acquisition and cultural growth. A lot of people say that students learn a lot in …
These days, there are many varying types of curriculum, each with their own pluses and minuses. No matter what a child’s learning style is, there’s bound to be a form of curriculum that’s right for them. The form of K12 curriculum most people will be familiar with is the traditional …
PISA (the Program for International Student Assessment) is an international study conducted by the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development) in member and non member countries, to assess and compare the scholastic performance of pupils in science, reading and mathematics. The tests are administered in three-year cycles to allow …
