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Direct linkTorres, Amanda – Independent School, 2014
NAIS and the NAIS Commission on Accreditation recently launched a three-year pilot study on the use of the High School Survey of Student Engagement (HSSSE) among independent schools. HSSSE, administered by Indiana University, is a survey designed to investigate the attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs of high school students about their work. This…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, High School Students, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes
Marshall-Walker, Christine – Independent School, 2013
Precollegiate education has paid little attention to the bioethical underpinning of recent innovations. Without a deliberate commitment to bioethical education, confusion and divisiveness regarding genetic testing are likely to challenge harmony in families and further polarize the already fragmented society. This article presents the following…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Biology, Ethics, Role Playing
Lawson, Leesa – Independent School, 2013
The search for solutions to protect the rainforest, while offering local farmers a sustainable means of making a living, started at The Forman School as a search to fully engage its students in learning. The Forman School is an independent college preparatory school for students with language-based learning differences (LD). This article discusses…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Ecology, Environmental Education, Sustainability
Kruk, Amber – Independent School, 2013
Independence Day School is a small college preparatory school serving grades 9-12, in rural Illinois. As part of its commitment to creating a safe school for all students, it adopted a "safe zone" classrooms policy. The policy states that classrooms where conversation about homosexuality is permitted are marked with inverted pink…
Descriptors: School Safety, Homosexuality, Freedom of Speech, Student Rights
Schoeffel, Mark; van Steenwyk, Margaret; Kuriloff, Peter – Independent School, 2011
As the authors joined the growing number of prominent adolescent psychologists and educators in arguing that "organizing four years of high school around grades and college admissions is a virtual guarantee that a teenager's natural commitment and enthusiasm are likely to be undermined," they wondered if the enduring habits they value most for…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Action Research, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation
Hammond, Bruce G. – Independent School, 2010
Most nations now administer standardized tests--for adult job seekers and young students alike--but the Chinese remain the world's preeminent practitioners. The nation's national college entrance exam, known as the "Gaokao", lasts for nine hours across two days. The author has seen the intensity of China's work ethic firsthand as part-time…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Foreign Countries, Educational Administration, Educational Assessment
Weaver, Roger – Independent School, 2010
Since its widespread emergence in the mid-1960s, the Advanced Placement (AP) curriculum has successfully established and maintained an identity as the gold standard of transcript currency for college preparatory schools. It is something that nearly all independent school parents and students believe they understand and clearly expect, and it is…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Alignment (Education)
