Choosing the Right Educational Path for Your

New understandings of learning and the brain, greater appreciation of the impact of culture on learners, and the differing values and expectations of families have created an educational environment ripe for expanded school choice. The result has been a rapid and little understood expansion of pre-collegiate educational opportunities. For parents anxious to find the best fit for their children, the growth in choice has been both a boon and a challenge. Choosing the Right Educational Path for Your Child seeks to reveal the various school designs, from public to private, from secular to religious, and from progressive to conservative. The mission assumptions, the economic models, and the pedagogical practices of each are examined. With chapters from leading experts from a variety of educational paths, readers will gain a thorough understanding of the ever-changing landscape of American education in the 21st Century.

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: School Choice: A Personal History	p. 1
General Principles
Model and Mission: What a School Wants, What a School Needs	p. 9
Governance: Trying to Perfect	p. 17
Financing Education: The Worm in the Apple	p. 27
General Choices
American Public Education	p. 37
Independent Schools	p. 45
Chartering Choices: A Strategy for Creating New Schools	p. 55
The Ends of the Spectrum: A Comparison of Traditional and Progressive Schools	p. 65
The Too-Long Summer Vacation: School Calendar Reform	p. 71
Particular Choices
The Preprimary Schools of Reggio Emilia	p. 81
The Right Place: Nursery School in the Twenty-First Century	p. 93
The New (Old) Vision: Montessori Education in the Twenty-First Century	p. 99
Multiple Intelligences: Capitalizing on Strengths	p. 109
Schools for Gifted and Talented Students	p. 117
Home Schooling	p. 127
Schools for Students with Special Learning Needs	p. 135
Specialty Arts High Schools	p. 143
New Age Academy: An Experimental Village School Model	p. 151
International and Internationally Minded Schools	p. 157
Virtual Schools Are the Future	p. 165
The Rise and Fall and Rise of Catholic Schools	p. 177
Jewish Day Schools in the Twenty-First Century	p. 185
Islamic Schools: The Struggle for Successful Integration	p. 193
Christian Schools: Redeeming Lives and Culture	p. 197
Episcopal Schools: An Anglican Legacy	p. 205
Boarding Schools: The Boarding Advantage	p. 213
Cultivating Manliness: The Case for Boys' Schools	p. 219
Where Girls Come First: Twenty-First-Century Girls' Schools	p. 227
The Future Course
Transmogrifying Education for the Twenty-First Century	p. 235
Future Stock vs. Future Shock	p. 241
About the Contributors	p. 247
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