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
Geography
By Michael Foster
Minnesota Department of Education Instructional Specialist
Geography is the science of space and place on the Earth's surface. It is an integrative discipline that brings together the physical and human dimensions of our world.
Geography's subject matter is the spatial arrangement of the physical and human phenomena that make up the world's environments and gives character to places, large and small. Geography describes the changing patterns of places in words, maps, numbers and graphics and explains how these patterns come to be.
Geography captures the imagination. It stimulates curiosity about the world and the world's diverse inhabitants and places, as well as about local regions and global issues. It enables us to understand our home by opening windows to the rest of the world.
Why study Geography?
To be successful contributors to a democratic society, all individuals need to have an understanding of geography-the spatial context of people, places and environments on Earth.
The geographically literate person knows where important things are, why they are located in those places, and the significance of those places. To integrate this knowledge, one also needs to comprehend the nature and significance of the multiple connections between people and places around the world.
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