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The main focus of early schools
What is to have a religious bent; everyone would read the Bible and know scripture?
A relatively recent phenomenon that is used to help younger adolescents fit into US schools.
What are middle schools?
This size allows for better participation and quality monitoring
What is 1000?
The word describes the prevalence of student dropout.
What is high?
The more traditional approach to higher education.
What is attending a formal program within a college or university?
This perspective of education that focuses on teaching the basics
What is the traditionalist?
This occurs due to the larger and more impersonal nature of middle schools.
What is a middle school slump?
As it relates to size, students fare better in these types of schools.
What are smaller schools?
This factor looks at the intrinsic motivation students have to achieve academically.
What is intrapersonal?
More diverse populations like minorities attend here.
What are community colleges?
Jim believes that he should prepare students by using this perspective which teaches home and family living skills, a vocation, good physical health habits.
What is having a progressive perspective?
This factor ensures that teachers are better able to work with early adolescent populations.
What is Teacher Training?
Through teacher engagement and encouragement, students can receive this.
What is more support and have better outcomes?
Drop outs have higher rates of this in contrast to individuals who complete high school.
What is unemployment or lower wages?
This type of learning allows students free or cheaper opportunities to learn and develop skills in convenient ways.
What is online learning?
The reason the No Child Left Behind policy is controversial.
What is it places emphasis on testing and concern that teachers "teach to the test"
Successful middle schools should have this type of curriculum.
What is high quality, developmentally appropriate, and rigorous?
The type of curriculum Mark should receive as he is leaving Form 5 and entering into the world of work.
What is a college preparatory curriculum?
Being born premature, having a low birth weight, or other early experiences that set children on a trajectory of struggling in school are examples of these.
What are neurological deficits?
The meaning of MOOCs.
What is massive open online courses?
The fourth educational policy of No Child left behind.
What is specific teaching methods should be promoted?
The way external stakeholders should be towards the school and students.
What is invested and involved?
The amount of students who do not feel bored or unchallenged in school.
What is one third?
The term used to describe socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and poverty that impacts the amount of support and resources a teen has
What is demographics?
A major challenge that students face when looking at higher education.
What is student debt?