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Questions tagged [school]

The child's performance at school, how school rules, situations and other issues may affect the child, etc.

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School told my daughter Charlie Chaplin’s speech was “offensive”

Context: New Jersey, USA. For a school activity celebrating different cultures, my daughter (11 years old) and I built a presentation on Ireland (most of my family is Irish and Scottish descent). As part of the presentation we presented music videos…
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At what age should my child start schooling (formal education)?

What is the best age to start schooling for my kid. In India, some start schooling at 3 few at 4-6. So, I just want to know what is the age come out from research which is the best age for schooling. He will be taught at home by his mother.
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Do we have a recourse against an anonymous parent making our child's life harder?

I apologize for vague subject, feel free to edit a better one. Our child has very severe pollen allergy leading to heavy asthma (a year ago he had to be taken to ER with major asthma attack, after mere 2 days outside). Together with the child's…
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PA, PP, KF, are any of these "Kindergarten"

I am not very familiar with the school system in the USA. I am trying to enroll my child for Kindergarten in the Beaverton, OR school district. Their online application makes me pick the "Entering Grade", and gives me a choice…
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What's the process to select a School?

My kid is only 10 months old. I know that seems a bit premature. We live in an area that people have told us is difficult to find a good school. So we thought that if we plan ahead and find 2-3 schools ahead of time, we can buy a house in that…
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Should schools instruct parents how to behave on the school run?

A recent news item dealt with heads in Middlesbrough instructing parents not to wear pyjamas on the school run. In my own case school recently wrote to parents reminding them to wear seatbelts and to ensure children are wearing seatbelts on the…
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What is the name of this SAT test concept?

I’m looking for the academic name, or examples of pattern finding that is like Tree/apple is to vine/(tomato) There are other examples that probably illustrate different thought domains; is this a concept that has a name?
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Another girl is copying from our daughter in the Mock Sat Test!

Our daughter came home today and she told us that her friend and study partner was copying her answers in the Mock Sat exam they had today. What shall we do nothing tell the teacher ask our daughter to tell the teacher ask our daughter to tell her…
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Disadvantages of having 2 children (1 year apart) in same school class

I am wondering if it is good idea to have both of our children study together in primary school instead of being 1 year apart. They have almost exactly 1 year difference so it assumes that the younger one would be admitted one year before the…
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What should I do about this gym class?

I'm a mother and I have a daughter in high school. She is taking a gym class that has both boys and girls. The teacher is a woman. Sometimes, they play a classic game called capture the flag. But they don't exactly play it the traditional way…
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Better to struggle taking Honors/AP courses or take easier courses?

My son is filling out his schedule for his high school sophomore year. He wants to take Honors/AP courses, but the honors English and History class he's in now, he struggles to maintain a B and got a C- last semester. Much of it is not due to…
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Suddenly my six years old son lost interest for going to school

My son is six years old. We got him admitted at school when he was 3 & half, and he was so excited to go to school from the very first day. He never bothered us for going to the school. He used to wake up by himself in the morning no matter how late…
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Is buying school supplies online worth it?

I just got the supply list for my son's class, and figured this year I would buy school supplies well in advanced instead of hustling through Walmart and Target 3 days before the first day of school. Is it generally worth buying school supplies…
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Is there any benefit of pushing your child to go to school each and every day?

Is there any benefit of pushing your child to go to school each and every day, except only in some unavoidable circumstances?
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How do you measure a child's "learning to learn" skills?

Looking for a standardize test for measuring a child's "learning to learn" skill. While IQ, EQ, etc. is related, I'm looking for a test built for the sole focus of measuring these skills.
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