The school systems and local schools maintained and operated by churches, synagogues and a few other organizations to provide sectarian religious instruction to children on Sundays, independently of their regular, day-to-day education.
The school systems and local schools maintained and operated by churches, synagogues and a few other organizations to provide sectarian religious instruction to children on Sundays, independently of their regular, day-to-day education.
The rules of grammar that determine sentence structure, including the structures...
The first school founded in England’s southern colonies, in what is now Virginia.
A detailed description of an academic course, including the main topics...
A method of teaching enunciation, spelling, reading and vocabulary skills by dividing a word into its constituent syllables.
The demographics created by CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT, the growing student practice of enrolling in classes at multiple colleges.
American educator and “father” of public school education in California.
A 1950 U.S. Supreme Court decision that refused to review its previous decision ordering the all-white University of Texas Law School to admit Herman Marion Sweatt, an African American.
A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1971 that required a North Carolina school board to bus students across district lines to achieve racial integration in public schools.
An approach to formal instrumental education of preschool children as young as three.
A program that originated in the 1960s to encourage interest in reading by designating a regularly scheduled time for everyone in a school...
The temporary expulsion of a student from school for one or more days for violating school rules and regulations.
A 19th-century term referring to special, separate institutions that compensated for the “deficiencies” of youngsters then considered ineducable.
Books, periodicals and other printed reading materials used as adjuncts to enrich and augment...
A program of federal grants for exceptionally needy college students.
A term variously used in American public school systems to mean school superintendent or, more often, assistant superintendent for instruction and curriculum development.
A virtually obsolete title for a school administrator with supervisory authority over a specific school within a larger district.
The chief administrative officer of a public school district. Usually hired by the district school board, the superintendent implements board policies in each district school and coordinates all school programs within the district.
American social scientist and educator, who “fathered” the introduction of the social sciences into the classic college curriculum in the United States.
A formal semester of school or college held during the traditional summer vacation months, between the end of the previous school year and the beginning of the next.
For full-time students, paid employment during school or college summer vacation months.
A child-centered, private school established in England after World War I as an experimental, nontraditional approach to educating children with a variety of behavioral or learning disabilities.
Intentional self-inflicted death. A major problem among American adolescents since 1980, suicide remains the third leading cause of death for 15- to 24-year-olds, after accidents (largely motor vehicle accidents) and death by assault (usually firearms).