Category Archives: U.S. Dept. of Educ.

Homeschooling Sharp Increase

January 8, 2009 – 12:14 pm

The percentage of the school-age population that was home-schooled showed a significant increase from 2.2% in 2003 to 2.9% in 2007 according to a U.S. Department of Education report. The number of home-schooled kids hit 1.5 million in 2007, up 36% since 2003. The report identified seven reasons parents give as their motivation for home-schooling [...]

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Federal Program Supports School Choice

December 6, 2008 – 5:21 pm

The U. S. Department of Education’s Office of Voluntary Public School Choice program supports States and school districts in efforts to establish or expand a public school choice program. It supports efforts to establish or expand intradistrict, interdistrict, and open enrollment public school choice programs to provide parents, particularly parents whose children attend low-performing public [...]

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Research on Alternative Schools

April 16, 2008 – 2:04 pm
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Statistics on Educational Choices

December 3, 2006 – 7:23 pm
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Status of Reform Efforts

September 16, 2006 – 4:09 pm
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Critical Facts and Data about US Education

June 25, 2006 – 8:43 pm
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The Education Innovator

December 5, 2005 – 3:29 pm
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No Child Left Behind

November 16, 2005 – 10:15 am
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Nonpublic School Choices Increase

December 19, 2004 – 6:28 pm

The latest study (2001-2002) of nonpublic schools, Characteristics of Private Schools in the United States: Results From the 2001

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Homeschooling Increasing

December 11, 2004 – 1:22 pm

Evidence of increased homeschooling comes from several sources with parents expressing a greater variety of interests. About 30 percent object to conventional school environments, about 30 want a values or religious tone, about 15 percent want a different academic focus, about 7 percent want their child’s particular interest served. An article in the St. Louis [...]

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Comprehensive School Reform

November 1, 2004 – 6:47 am

Comprehensive school reform efforts say different forms of schooling are necessary. There have been many such attempts over the past 15 years often with gigantic sums of money attached. A new report, From Whole School to Whole System Reform, describes two major approches: the work of the New American Schools in 4,000 schools and the [...]

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Creating Strong District Choice Programs

August 13, 2004 – 2:52 pm

The U. S. Dept. of Education has published a booklet, Innovations in Education: Creating Strong District School Choice Programs to provide guidance to school districts in providing more learning alternatives. Public school choice

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Free Books on School Change

July 30, 2004 – 1:29 pm

The U.S. Dept. of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement is publishing 3 new booklets this fall:
“Successful Magnet Schools” (September 2004),
“Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification”(October 2004)
“Alternative Routes to School Leadership” (November 2004)
For free copies, call Cynthia Dorfman, 202-205-5560, or email: Cynthia.Dorfman@ed.gov. These public domain booklets can be freely used by anyone. They are part of [...]

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Homeschooling as a Learning Alternative

June 11, 2004 – 9:06 am

Home schooling, as a learning alternative, has grown rapidly over the past two decades. The US Department of Education estimates approximately one million students being homeschooled– about 2% of the public education base. Homeschooling is usually divided into two broad categories: religious-values based and progressive education. These differ considerably with the religious based emphasizing more [...]

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Florida Virtual School Enrolls 14,000 Students

June 1, 2004 – 11:21 pm

One of many virtual or online high schools, Florida Virtual High enrolls over 14,000 students annually across the U.S. and in other countries since its founding in 1997. Their motto is “Any time, Any place, Any path, Any pace.” This state funded school claims a 90% course completion rate and offer “franchises” to others wishing [...]

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