Tag: education

Arithmetic

used by almost everyone, for tasks ranging from simple day-to-day counting to advanced science and business calculations

Course

In U.S. education, a course is a unit of teaching that typically lasts one academic term, is led by one or more instructors (teachers or professors), has a fixed roster of students, and gives each student a grade and academic credit

Homeschooling

home learning or homeschool – is the education of children at home, typically by parents or professional tutors, rather than in a public or private school

K–12

a designation for the sum of primary and secondary education

language transfer

refers to speakers or writers applying knowledge from their native language to a second language

Mainstreaming in education

Mainstreaming in the context of education is a term that refers to the practice of educating students with special needs in regular classes during specific time periods based on their skills

Project Euler

a website dedicated to a series of various math problems intended to be solved with computer programs

T.O.C.

T.O.C. Teacher on Call is the accepted term for a substitute teacher in British Columbia, Canada

Test

serves to assess or measure students' performance, knowledge or skills

USA Funds

United Student Aid Funds or USA Funds is a nonprofit corporation that works to enhance postsecondary-education preparedness, access and success by providing and supporting financial and other valued services

Washington Homeschool Organization

(WHO) is a homeschool group located in the state of Washington, USA

Akasaka

's public elementary and junior high schools are operated by the Minato City Board of Education (in English, [http://www.city.minato.tokyo.jp/kyoiku/index.html in Japanese)

Al Worden

Attended Dibble, Griswold, Bloomfield and East Jackson grade schools and completed his secondary education at Jackson High School

Anderson

's Public school district is the Anderson Community School Corporation, which includes 2 high schools, 3 middle schools, and 10 elementary schools

Anderson

1. The school mascot is the Mustang
2. It was closed and demolished in 2007 to make room for more parking for the Anderson Elementary School
3. This was at the time the high school and later turned into the Anderson middle school
4. In the 1907 picture a school is visible in the background
5. home to McDonald County High School

Anderson

1. New Technology High School
2. North Valley High School
3. Oakview High School
4. has four high schools, one public middle school, and 5 elementary schools

Arithmetic

Primary education in mathematics often places a strong focus on algorithms for the arithmetic of natural numbers, integers, rational numbers (vulgar fractions), and real numbers (using the decimal place-value system)

Asheville

Public Asheville City Schools include Asheville High School, Asheville Middle School, Claxton Elementary, Hall Fletcher Elementary, Isaac Dickson Elementary, Jones Elementary, and Vance Elementary

Atlantic City

School District serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grades

Baden-Württemberg

home to some of the oldest, most renowned and prestigious Universities in Germany, such as the universities of Freiburg, Heidelberg and Tübingen

Baja California

See :Category:Universities and colleges in Baja California

Barrie

has two major school boards that operate inside the city at a public level

Birmingham

The city council is England's largest local education authority, directly or indirectly responsible for 25 nursery schools, 328 primary schools, 77 secondary schools and 29 special schools

Birmingham

City School District administers several nationally accredited schools including Seaholm High School and Groves High School. Roeper School has a campus on Adams Rd. while Holy Name School, a parochial school affiliated with the Roman Catholic Holy Na

Bolton

The Town of Bolton is served by the Hinds County School District

Bolton

High School is affiliated with the NCCC athletic conference

Bolton

home to a leading independent day school, Bolton School, whose Boys' Division originated around 1516

Bolton-on-Swale

1. St Mary's C of E (VA) Primary School, located in the village, serves Bolton-on-Swale and Scorton
2. There are under 100 pupils split into 4 classes
3. Keith Brentnall is the current headteacher

Bonham

1. In addition, Grayson County College operates a branch campus in Bonham, its only campus outside its namesake county
2. The City of Bonham is served by the Bonham Independent School District

Bosley Crowther

Born in Lutherville, Maryland, Crowther moved as a child to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he published a neighborhood newspaper, The Evening Star

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Primary education lasts for nine years

Brisbane

has multi-campus universities and colleges including the University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology and Griffith University

Bryan Simonaire

1. Simonaire graduated from Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC
2. Simonaire returned to college to receive his M.S. in engineering science from Loyola College in Maryland, where he graduated in 2005
3. He has been a member of Upsilon Pi Epsilon, a computer science honor society, since 1993
4. There he received his B.S. in computer science in 1985

California

offers a unique three-tier system of public postsecondary education

Canton

Museum of Art, founded in 1935, is a broad-based community arts organization designed to encourage and promote the fine arts in Canton

Canton of Geneva

1. The original buildings are not used by the University anymore, but by Collège Calvin
2. It was originally called Schola Genevensis
3. The main educational institution is the University of Geneva, founded in 1559 by Calvin

Carly Fiorina

Cara Carleton Sneed was born in Austin, Texas to Joseph Tyree Sneed III, a constitutional law scholar, law school professor and dean, and later federal judge, and Madelon Juergens Sneed, a portrait and abstract artist

Chiyoda

Public elementary and junior high schools in Chiyoda are operated by the Chiyoda Board of Education

City of London

has only one directly maintained primary school, Sir John Cass's Foundation Primary School at Aldgate (ages 4 to 11)

City of Westminster

Westminster Education Department operates many community primary and secondary schools

Connecticut

well known as the home of Yale University, which maintains a consistent ranking as one of the world's most renowned universities, and has one of the most selective undergraduate programs of any university in the United States (an 8.6% acceptance rate

Cornwall

Collegiate and Vocational School hosts grade 11 and 12 students and is the oldest school in Canada to have not closed its doors, having celebrated its bicentennial in 2006

Corpus Christi

1. Del Mar College [http
2. home to several institutions of higher learning
3. www.delmar.edu], Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (formerly known by the following four names

Crystal

Gallup-McKinley County Schools serve the McKinley County portion of Crystal