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2. •Finding a great school for your kids; how to be involved - an absolutely essential website funded in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. From their website:
   

3. GreatSchools is the country's leading source of information on school performance. With listings of 200,000 public and private schools serving students from preschool through high school and more than 800,000 parent ratings and reviews, GreatSchools has become the go-to guide for parents aiming to make a smart school choice.
   

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   Career Counselor:
   

   Bill Gates or Steve Jobs?
   

   Two of the most successful entrepreneurs in history offer differing perspectives on which academic disciplines contribute to success.
   

   
   

   “The science of education vs
   

   the art of learning”

DIRECTORY OF EDUCATION SECTIONS

Click on school grade groups below for links for tutors, testing services,

funding, educational media and more appropriate to that group

1. Home Schooling - home page
   

2. Preschool - home page, educational games & toys,
   

3. K - 6 - home page, books, magazines, scholastic magazines, educational games & toys
   

4. 7 - 12 - home page, books, magazines, educational tech, tutoring
   

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6. Are college degrees worth it in this economy?
   

   A 2013 article citing research says definitely YES

   
   

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8. College - home page, funding, free USA colleges, free International colleges
   

9. Personal Development - home page
   

Coming soon: adult education, autism, ESL, special needs education

1. Campaign for Comprehension
   

2. Lindamood-Bell Reading Programs for Children and Adults

1. •How Schools Can Use Facebook to Build an Online Community
   

2. •Why English is so hard to learn!

1. •START SAVING FOR COLLEGE COSTS NOW!  The sooner you start, the easier it is to accumulate the funds your child will need. One easy way is to invite family & friends to join you at a FREE service called UPromise (click their ad to the right for details) where a small percentage of every purchase they make to authorized retailers is credited towards your child’s college savings account. There are also special coupons and other offers through UPromise.
   

2. •To Really Learn, Quit Studying and Take a Test -  The New York Times, January 21, 2011. Taking a test is not just a passive mechanism for assessing how much people know, according to new research. It actually helps people learn, and it works better than a number of other studying techniques.

1. •For Young and Old, the Best Ways to Study
   

2. •Learning By Playing
   

3. •Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits
   

4. •What Works in the Classroom? Ask the Students - New York Times, December 11, 2010
   

5. •We’re Number 11 - Is American Education Falling Behind?
   

6. •A Conference Makes Learning Free (and Sexy)
   

7. •How to Raise Boys Who Read - Hint: Not with gross-out books and video-game bribes. - Wall Street Journal, September 27, 2010. And I will add one more point: read with your children. In fact, you read the book first and then come up with questions to ask about various issues raised in it such as why a character did or did not do something, was it “right” and why; what have each of you experienced like that in your life?
   

1. •Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction - New York Times, Nov 21, 2010
   

2. •Teachers' Views on Technology in the Classroom - The Times asked teachers to submit videos on how the use of technology has changed the way they teach. New York Times, Nov 21, 2010
   

3. •Does It Matter Where You Go to College?

1. •Student loan debt for kindergarten? Demand increasing for pre-college tuition assistance: report - March 29, 2012. I guess if you can afford it, fine. But I would first determine if a quality public school is available and personally monitor my child’s progress. What is the real advantage of private schools?
   

2. •Are virtual schools really an answer?

KINDLE

HARDCOVER

THE ONE WORLD SCHOOLHOUSE

Parents and politicians routinely bemoan the state of our education system. Statistics suggest we've fallen behind the rest of the world in literacy, math, and sciences. With a shrewd reading of history, Khan explains how this crisis presented itself, and why a return to "mastery learning," abandoned in the twentieth century and ingeniously revived by tools like the Khan Academy, could offer the best opportunity to level the playing field, and to give all of our children a world-class education now.

More than just a solution, THE ONE WORLD SCHOOLHOUSE serves as a call for free, universal, global education, and an explanation of how Khan's simple yet revolutionary thinking can help achieve this inspiring goal.

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