Academic Standards - Why They are Important to Your Child's Success
Acceleration of Gifted Learners (see Gifted Learners, Acceleration for)
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
Adoption
Applying for Jobs
Assistive Technology
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Career and Labor Market Information
Career Planning
Childhood Obesity (Overweight)
Choices for Parents When Their Child's School "Needs Improvement"
Citizenship and Government
College and Major Choice
College Credit in High School
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Drinking (Alcohol Use, Binge Drinking)
Drugs (Substance Abuse, Marijuana, Meth, etc.)
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Economics
Education Options After High School
Educator Licensure
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Financial Aid (see Paying for College)
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Geography
Gifted Children, Parenting
Gifted Leaners, Identification of
Gifted Learners, Acceleration for
Graduation Requirements
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History
HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections
How Good is Your Child's School?
How No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Helps Students
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Identification of Gifted Learners (see Gifted Learners, Identification of)
Interest and Skills Assessments (see Skills and Interest Assessments)
Interviewing for Jobs
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Job Application (see Applying for Jobs)
Job Interviews (see Interviewing for Jobs)
Job Search
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Labor Market and Career Information (see Career and Labor Market Information)
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Military Families
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Nutrition (Healthy Eating)
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Parental Involvement
Parenting Gifted Children (see Gifted Children, Parenting)
Paying for College
Physical Activity (Exercise, Working Out, Physical Fitness)
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Radon
Reading: Challenges and Difficulties
Response to Interventions (RTI)
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Saving for College
School-Parent Compact for Student's in Title I Programs
School Lunches
School Report Cards
Searching for a Job (see Job Search)
Second Hand Smoke
Skills and Interest Assessments
Smoking (Tobacco Use)
Supplemental Educational Services (SES)
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Teacher Licensure (see Educator Licensure)
Teachers, Licensed Minnesota (see Educator Licensure)
Tests for Skills and Interests (see Skills and Interest Assessments)
Transferring Colleges
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Violence/Bullying
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What is a Title I School
Choices for Parents When Their Child's School "Needs Improvement"
Minnesota Parental Information and Resource Center (MN PIRC)
If your child's public school receives federal Title I funds, it must let you know how well the students in the school are learning. The school district must notifiy if your child's school did not meet its goals for student achievement in two consecutive years. This means the school is placed on a "needs improvement" list. The school principal, teachers, and parents will then work on a School Improvement Plan to meet achievement goals.
In addition to working on the School Improvement Plan, the school district must give you the choice of keeping your child in that school, or sending him or her to another public school. This is called "school choice." The school district will tell you each year if school choice is available - district has to offer you a choice of at least two other schools. It also must pay for your child's transportation costs.
Children who are doing poorly in school and come from low-income homes are given priority if there is not enough money to pay for all students who choose to change schools.
If you have not heard from your public school about whether the school "needs improvement," you can contact the school or district and ask for the person in charge of choice programs. You can also go to the Minnesota Department of Education Website to view report card for your child's school.
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