New Page 1 administrators, supervisors, counselors, teachers, support staff activities, dates of school attendance, honors and The above parental rights transfer to the http://www.coldwater.k12.mi.us/ParentNotices.htm
Extractions: PARENT NOTICES Under No Child Left Behind (NCLB)Act of 2001, parents of students attending Title I schools are required to be notified of certain provisions and standings of schools, teachers, and opportunities to participate. The following descriptions are intended to meet these requirements. Highly Qualified Teachers Under NCLB all teachers must be "highly qualified" for the subjects they teach by the June 30, 2006. This requirement specifies that teachers must be certified by the State of Michigan for the subjects they teach, and must have the equivalent of 30 semester hours of college coursework in the subjects. Parents have the right to check on the certification status of any of their child's teachers. This can be done by logging into the State web site at http://meis.mde.state.mi.us/teachercert/sr_teaCerts.asp , and entering the teacher's last and first name. Clicking on their certificate number provides all relevant information. Parents may also contact the building principal to request the information. Teachers of students in Title I schools, (all Coldwater elementary schools and Legg Middle School), are required to identify teachers of core academic subjects who are not highly qualified and notify parents of the fact beginning in the 2002 school year.
Schools Could Be Sued For Teaching About Homosexuality, Report schools Could Be Sued For Teaching About Homosexuality CNSNews.com) Two California parental-rights groups say curriculum or in after-school programs face an http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=\Culture\archive\200209\CUL20020906b
WorldNetDaily: Schools Sued Over Pro-homosexual Skits the defense of religious freedom, parental rights and other Cootie Shots, exposed elementary school children as and their straight peers, teachers and parents http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26337
Atlanta Public Schools Parents Students. Our schools. Teachers. Inside APS. Careers. Board of school reform measures to change the way the school system operates Your parental rights. http://www.atlanta.k12.ga.us/parents_students/parents_guide/parents_guide2.html
Extractions: APS HOME PARENT'S GUIDE You Make a Difference How Can I Help My Child? Need Help? Parent's Handbook We are committed to raising standards, enhancing curriculum and instruction and improving environments to allow every child to reach his or her potential. APS is in the midst of whole-school reform measures to change the way the school system operates from the central office to the classroom. We are focusing on four major goals: improving student performance in reading/language arts; improving student performance in math; increasing the number of students enrolling in and passing higher level courses and improving student attendance. Every child can learn, every child must achieve. A welcoming environment, conducive to learning activities.
Teach-At-Home Features Anyone (parent, tutor or teacher) who has worked in taxsponsored programs offered by the schools. aggressive attack on their parental rights and freedoms. http://www.teach-at-home.com/AGrant.asp
Extractions: Thanks to the efforts of pioneering homeschoolers of the 1960's and 70's, homeschooling is now legal throughout the United States. Homeschooling is regulated independently by each state, so the level of regulation varies dramatically from state to state, but families in every state enjoy the right to homeschool. Given that, you might expect homeschoolers to sit back, relax, and go on their merry homeschooling way. That, however, is not the case. As more families leave schools, and as homeschooling becomes more visible, there is increasing pressure to bring homeschooling under greater government control, and homeschoolers can be expected to respond to that threat. Interests Threatened For every family that chooses to walk a different educational path, fewer students will fill the classrooms, which translates into smaller school budgets, less need for administrators at every level, and (ultimately) fewer schools. Fewer schools will mean fewer unionized teaching positions, less money for textbook and test publishers, and fewer students for commercial after-school tutoring services. If you listen carefully you will discover that it is the professional educators, administrators, and unions (with deep vested economic interests in the existing public school system) who are loudly proclaiming the dangers of homeschooling.
Teach-At-Home Features HSLDA was established to protect the right of parents to teach their Mike has been doing keynote speaking to home school conferences for All rights reserved. http://www.teach-at-home.com/TOS032702.asp
Extractions: TOS TM : Thank you, Mike Smith so much for agreeing to speak to our homeschool readers. I know that many of them would be very interested in finding out more about your organization, especially since homeschooling is such a 'hot topic' where legalities are concerned. I have had many homeschool mommies express their concerns to us, over homeschool laws in general, and that is one reason we link directly to your website - so they can have access to their own state laws. Can you tell us what your organization provides for families who homeschool independently?
Children's Rights Education In Hampshire They seem to be separated from some parental and wider unless they are a faith school where these developed with pupils into a rights and Responsibilities http://www.hants.gov.uk/education/childrensrights/rrr.php
Extractions: Hantsweb home Search Contacts A-Z Index ... Feedback Search Contacts A-Z Index Feedback home learners parents teachers ... Back to Children's Rights Index Download MS Word version (45KB) or PDF version (100KB) (you will need MS Word or Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your PC to download these versions) School and class codes of conduct References Historically schools have accepted responsibility for promoting essential values in children and teaching what is expected of them as adult citizens to produce socially responsible behaviour. Citizenship in all but name has always been part of schooling. Top of page A lot of work that goes on in PHSE/Citizenship is undoubtedly good but there is a lack of consistency and coherence and also a lack of rigour about why we approach some issues the way we do and concern over effectiveness. Some programmes such as anti-racist and human rights work may focus on bad behaviours and how to prevent or control them. Despite how the work is constructed it can have a negative orientation. Activities contain obvious messages which essentially result in children being told that they must not be discriminatory, engage in conflict, be selfish, not care about others in distant lands etc. This is rarely a very effective strategy with young people, as many parents come to realise
F A M I L Y F A C T S . C A Parents may wonder what rights and freedoms they have to the principal, followed by the school board parents, when it comes to actual parental involvement, the http://www.fotf.ca/familyfacts/commentaries/080101.html
Extractions: Last year, her 10-year-old daughter described a video shown in class about changes in puberty. Her daughter voiced that it had been upsetting. When asked if she planned to contact the teacher, Joyce had this to say: Family values and education Parents should be aware that there are schools teaching or receiving pressure to implement liberal sexual ideology. Here are a few recent cases: In Winnipeg, a grade 9 female student returned home from a field trip with a brochure outlining the benefits of oral sex. In an Ontario school, a wooden penis is passed around during health class, and grade 7 to 9 students practice putting a condom on it. Gay and lesbian groups in BC would like to see several books with same-sex parents be part of the curriculum for kindergarten and grade one students.
Knowing Your Rights about what ends up in public school curricula, federal law has given parents clear rights to exempt 1984) was designed to reinforce parental control of http://www.aclj.org/publications/kyr/schools.asp
Extractions: by Jay Alan Sekulow STUDENTS' RIGHTS OF FREE SPEECH The Supreme Court has consistently upheld the rights of students to express themselves on public school campuses. In 1969 the Supreme Court held that students have the right to speak and express themselves on campus. Then in 1990, in the Westside Community Board of Education v. Mergens decision, the Court held that Bible clubs and prayer groups can meet on public secondary school campuses. This case interpreted the Equal Access Act which Congress passed in 1984 to insure that high school students were not discriminated against in the public schools because of their religious beliefs. The following is a brief look at what the Supreme Court decision means to the American Christian student. The Supreme Court's decision in Mergens is a chance for students to share the Gospel with their peers. It is also a sign of the times. Changes are occurring around us daily. The Gospel cannot be stopped. This Supreme Court decision is an answer to the prayers of God's people across our nation and around our world. This 8-1 decision is a clear message to the country that the time is ripe for action. The American Center for Law and Justice receives thousands of inquiries concerning students' rights in public schools. What follows is a brief response to the most commonly asked questions:
Parental Injunction Against Homework State of California under the guise of the school District or The Second Issue Family rights Responsibilities. We, the parents and guardians http://www.webspawner.com/users/nohomework/parentalinjunct.html
Independent Education And Parental Choice Non-Public Schools information, talking to other parents, visiting schools and exercising your rights responsibly, you actively involved with the school, by providing http://www.firn.edu/doe/choice/canps.htm
Extractions: locationVar = "k12"; document.write(photoLink) Friday, June 11, 2004 Site Index ACT Adding a Subject Administrative Services Adult Education African Amer. Task Force Agriscience Education Apprenticeship Assessment Reqs. Assistance Plus Blind Services Blind Services Comm. Board of Governors Bright Futures Sch. Budget Information Business Technology Ed. Calendar District (pdf) Career Development CEPRI Chief Ed Finan. Off. Class Size College Bd FL Part. Colleges Comm. Coll. Chancellor Commissioner's Bio. Communications Contact Information Continuing Workforce Ed. Course Code Directory Course Descriptions Curric Frmwork Adult Curric Planning Tool Curriculum Support DCU Phone List Directories Distance Learning Diversified Ed. DOE Org. Chart DOE Phone List Ed. Data Warehouse Education Practices Commi Education Standards Comm Educational Facilities Educational Technology Emergency Plans Sch Employment English as 2nd Lang- ESOL Environmental Ed. Excellent Teach Prog FACTS.ORG FCAT Briefing Book (pdf) FCAT Explorer FCAT Myth vs. Fact (pdf) FCAT Results, All
Extractions: Bring school curriculum to life! Your children will learn while being entertained by some of the best movies ever made. Watch films recommended by TeachWithMovies as a family and talk briefly about the events they portray. Your family's set of shared experiences will increase. Screen time will change from a passive void to a learning experience.
EGUSD - Resources For Parents - Parent And Student Handbook Page 11 parental choices regarding Family Life Education. Twilight program offers after school tutoring and Pages 14 19 Your legal rights and responsibilities. http://www.egusd.k12.ca.us/parents/handbook0304.htm
Extractions: The School in Democratic Society: A Course Plan for Poland s Future Teachers was one of the first bilateral efforts between a Central East European country and a Western one to develop a full curriculum. The course, developed for Polish teacher training institutions, was the result of a collaboration between the Mershon Center (US) and Polish specialists. It is also a rare curriculum, insofar as it addresses the pre-service training of teachers and the challenge of training teachers to support democratic schooling in a transitional society. The course plan is intended for future civic teachers, and covers in great detail many issues related to democracy, rights and responsibilities in the classroom, schools and the local community. The course is organized around seven topics, related to core features of an educational system: - the role and position of the teacher;
WorldNetDaily: 'Coming Out' In Class resolution, neither schools nor teachers are obligated to Hayward Unified school District cannot unilaterally override parental rights guaranteed by http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27775
Current Law (Chapter 71A) Requires bilingual education teachers to demonstrate proficiency in written and oral At the discretion of the school district, a student with parental rights. http://www.lesley.edu/bilingual/charts.html
Extractions: Current Law (Chapter 71A) Defines "Children of limited English-speaking ability" (CLESA) as children who are either born in another country or children of non-English speaking parents and who are unable to perform ordinary classwork in English. Definitions Does not alter definition Defines "English learner" as a child who does not speak English or whose native language is not English, and who is not currently able to perform ordinary classroom work in English. Requires school districts to offer a program in transitional bilingual education when there are 20 or more CLESA students in any one language group in the district Establishment of Program Requires school districts to offer a program in transitional bilingual education when there are 20 or more LEP children in any one language in the district. Requires school districts to offer LEP students a sheltered English immersion program during a temporary transition period not normally to exceed one year. Establishes process for certification that pre-dates and differs from Education Reform. Requires teachers of transitional bilingual education to demonstrate communicative skills in English. Provides for exemptions.
Opening Statement Of Rep. Riggs key provision of this legislation deals with parental rights. have been faced with a school that places This legislation requires parental permission before a http://edworkforce.house.gov/markups/105th/fc/hr3892/64sr.htm
Extractions: H.R. 3892, ENGLISH LANGUAGE FLUENCY ACT Today we are marking up the English Language Fluency Act, landmark legislation that should help improve the ability of English language learners to succeed in school and in life. Consideration of this legislation comes at a time when individuals throughout the United States are expressing concern about the failure of bilingual education programs, in general, to teach English to English language learners as quickly as possible. As you probably know, my own State of California, by a margin of 61 percent to 39 percent, voted to end bilingual education programs and to focus on teaching children English. During my years in Congress, I have heard many individuals, including parents, raise concerns about the current Bilingual Education Act and the fact that many children spend as many as six or seven years in classes using their native language in instruction, but still are not fluent in English. In addition, the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights, in their November, 1997 report states that "one aspect of Federal legislation over the past three decades has had adverse effects on schools’ development and implementation of education programs with a primary goal of placing students in regular education program to the greatest extent possible. This has been the emphasis on provisions that restrict the options schools may pursue in developing and implementing education programs. The Bilingual Education Act has placed restrictions on the types of programs that could be funded under the act, and these restrictions have, in turn, limited school districts’ options." The report goes on to say that, "in some cases, the emphasis on bilingual education resulted in limited English proficient students being unnecessarily segregated from their English-proficient peers, even after they were able to participate meaningfully in the regular classroom."
NABE - National Association For Bilingual Education The Denver school board asked voters Thursday to to dismantle bilingual education actually would dismantle parents rights. goal is laudable teach kids English http://www.nabe.org/press_detail.asp?ID=70
FAITH UNDER FIRE: TAKING CREATION BACK TO SCHOOL Prayers in Public schools; Students rights on Public school Campuses; Teachers rights on Public parental rights Packet; Prayer on Public school Campus Re http://www.icr.org/radio/fuf/help.htm
Extractions: About the speakers The Institute for Creation Research is an educational research organization established in 1970. ICR's purpose is to demonstrate that scientific evidence confirms the Biblical account of the origin and history of the world with the goal to strengthen and encourage believers. ICR has many facets to its ministry, including scientific research, books and materials, radio programs, workshops, graduate courses, creation tours, seminars and a creation museum. Resources Available: Teaching Creation Science in Public Schools (Duane T. Gish)
