Different Directions

Autor/in	Bushweller, Kevin
Titel	Different Directions
Quelle	In: Education Week, 23 (2004) 39, S.36-39 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	High School Students; School Choice; Board of Education Policy; Student Experience; Student Interests; Profiles; Student Attitudes; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Studienerfahrung; Studieninteresse; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	The genesis of the Prince William choice program was in surveys of high school seniors in the 63,100-student district, the third-largest school system in Virginia. In the mid-1990s, Superintendent Edward L. Kelly became increasingly concerned by responses to a question that asked whether the teenagers felt they could have pushed themselves harder. In response to concerns about students not challenging themselves, the superintendent suggested the district start specialty programs in high schools that teenagers could attend from anywhere in the county. Now, each of the eight public high schools in the county offers a specialty program, from a performing arts focus to language studies to an information-technology curriculum. Of the 18,500 public high school students in the county, 3,963 are in specialty programs, and 1,138 of those teenagers are attending schools outside their regular attendance boundaries. In this article, students describe what influences their choices of specific schools. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10