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Featured Article: Liberal arts

Liberal arts are the organized bodies of knowledge considered essential for a free human being. See more »

Agricultural education

Agricultural education is instruction about crop production, livestock management, soil and water conservation, and various other aspects of agriculture.

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Competency-based education

Competency-based education refers to educational programs that require students to master certain skills or objectives.

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Computerized instruction

Computerized instruction is the use of a computer system to provide or supplement a learner's education.

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Cooperative education

Cooperative education is a method of education that combines classroom studies with practical work experience.

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Cooperative Extension System

Cooperative Extension System is a nationwide educational network in the United States.

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Cuisenaire Method

Cuisenaire, kwihz uh NAIR, Method is a teaching system designed to help students discover basic mathematical principles by themselves.

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Distance learning

Distance learning is a process in which students learn by using resources that are far away from them, even in another city or country.

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Early childhood education

Early childhood education provides planned experiences and activities that meet the special learning needs of children from birth through age 8.

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Edison Schools

Edison Schools is a profit-seeking organization that manages public schools under contract with local school districts or charter school authorities.

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Extension programs

Extension programs are educational services that colleges offer to people who cannot attend school fulltime or who live far from a campus.

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Gifted children

Gifted children are young people who have extremely high intelligence or exceptional creative ability--or both--in one or more areas.

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Guidance

Guidance, in education, is the process of helping students make the best possible decisions about their lives.

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Home schooling

Home schooling is a form of education in which most of a child's instruction is conducted in the home.

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Intel Science Talent Search

Intel Science Talent Search is a widely respected high school science competition in the United States.

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Liberal arts

Liberal arts are the organized bodies of knowledge considered essential for a free human being.

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Montessori method

Montessori, mon tuh SAWR ee, method is an educational system designed to aid children in the development of intelligence and independence.

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Multiculturalism

Multiculturalism is a political or social philosophy that promotes cultural diversity.

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No Child Left Behind Act

No Child Left Behind Act is a United States law that regulates public education in elementary and secondary schools.

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Open University

Open University is the name of several national organizations that offer degree, diploma, vocational, professional, and other education courses to adults who study at home or at work.

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Parent education

Parent education helps parents or future parents acquire the practical and emotional skills needed to raise children.

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