School (vocabulary and activities) - SCHOOLS (Civilization: US) -
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Public Schools in the UK

• SCHOOL PHOBIA = " irrational fear of school or the school situation"

  Is there such a thing as school phobia?
  "A school is being asked to apologise to the family of a boy it prosecuted for truancy.
  The boy was diagnosed as having "school phobia", but what exactly is that?"
  (BBC)

  

• Education (iteslj)

• School (iteslj)

• Should schools require their students to wear a school uniform? (idebate.org)
  Pros and Cons

• School Uniform Debate : Pros and Cons
  (youdebate.com)

• School Violence - un dossier (whyfiles.org)

  

• Bullying - un dossier
  (CBBC Newsround)

  

• Bullying - Watch 12 Webisodes
  - Animations + AUDIO + Quiz
  (stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov)

  

  
  

• Celebr8 by Levi Tafari
  "'Celebr8' is a poem about integration and diversity.
  It is by the Liverpool based poet Levi Tafari, himself of Jamaican origin.
  This short kit has been produced to support the newly launched British Council project 'Integration and Diversity in Education' (INDIE) which
  encourages young future leaders from a variety of backgrounds to take the initiative in promoting diversity in the own schools."
  - with Tasks and activities for exploiting the poem,
  Teachers' notes and answer key
  and the Text of the poem.
  (British Council)

Directory :

• UK Schools & Colleges Database - Search by Geographical County
  schools & colleges websites.
• School Issues Glossary - An A-to-Z Guide to Education World Articles (educationworld)
  

Facts :

• Truancy in schools in England reaches record high
  (BBC)

  

• Teachers complain of 'e-spying'
  "Teaching unions are complaining that e-safety software is increasingly being used to keep track of their members.
  They say thousands of teachers are having their every mouse-click monitored, eroding trust. "
  (BBC)

• An introduction to Eco-Schools
  (eco-schools.org.uk)

  

• Schools must embrace mobile technology
  "The need for schools to prepare for 21st century learning was top of the agenda at this year's BETT conference.
  They must embrace mobile technologies, games, podcasts and social networking, according to leading educationalist Professor Stephen Heppell.
  Schools should also break away from traditional classroom and curriculum models, he argued."
  An article + A video
  (BBC)
  
  

• Independent school (UK)
  " In England and Wales the term 'public school' is often used for independent secondary schools, and the term 'private school'
  for independent preparatory schools."
  (Wikipedia)

• Public schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
  (Wikipedia)

• Public schools in Scotland
  (Wikipedia)

• Caning (Wikipedia)
  1 Scope of use
  1.1 Judicial use
  1.2 Educational use in home and school context
  1.3 Voluntary use
  2 Cane types and terminology
  3 Effects
  
  
  
• Caning (history.powys.org.uk)

  

• The schools system in England
  "This page was created by the BBC...
  See also our Action Network guides,
  The schools system in Scotland ,
  The schools system in Wales
  and The schools system in Northern Ireland."
  1. The funding and regulation of schools
  2. The assessment of schools
  3. The assessment of pupils
  4. Types of school in the state sector
  5. Alternative types of school
  6. Proposals for change
  7. Feedback and comments

• Academic dress (Wikipedia)
  1 British academic dress : 1.1 The gown / 1.2 The cap / 1.3 The hood / 1.4 Dress and Undress
  2 United States : 2.1 Opposition to academic attire / 2.2 Inter-Collegiate colors
  3 See also
  4 External links

  

• Dress code (theixans)

• Isolation rooms to punish pupils (BBC)
  
  

• Playground Games (traditions-uk)
  CHASING GAMES - "TIG" OR "TAG":
  HUNTING GAMES - HIDE AND SEEK ETC.
  RING GAMES
  BALL GAMES
  SKIPPING GAMES
  MARBLES / JACKS / CONKERS / HOPSCOTCH
  MISCELLANEOUS GAMES
  
  
  

• Summerhill (summerhillschool.co.uk) :
  " The function of the child is to live his own life  not the life that his anxious parents think he should live, nor a life according to the purpose of the educator who thinks he knows best."
  

• A Virtual School Day at Woodlands Junior School (UK) - (woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk)
  - with an interactive quiz
  
  

• How the UK education system works (Education UK - Page disparue)
  
  
  
  
  

• Visit a school (south-west London) - 750 boys and girls aged 10-18
  - See "Activities", "Sport" for example
  (emanuel.org.uk)
  
  
  
  

• School Uniforms - Pros and Cons (about.com)

• Schools in the UK (Ac. Nancy-Metz)

Listening :

• Audio slideshow: Blake's 'Informal Panorama'
  

  "The artist Quentin Blake - best known for his illustrations in Roald Dahl's children's books - has unveiled a 70-foot-long work celebrating the 800th anniversary of Cambridge University.

  On display at Addenbrooke's Hospital - and in his own distinctive style - Quentin Blake's mural depicts famous alumni from centuries past.
  Take a guided tour with the artist himself."
  (BBC)
  
  

• British School system
  (archive.org)

Webquests :

• Life at a Secondary School in GB
  "Visit the site and answer the questions."
  Cette activité créée par Renée Maufroid peut accompagner "Step in" 4ème.

  

• A Webquest about Eton College (wagner-juergen.de)
  
  

Directory :

• HOTLIST OF K-12 SCHOOL SITES (USA) -
  "Click a state on the map to find a list of elementary, middle, and secondary schools...
  The registry is organized by state and by grade level.
  The registry also includes sites for charter Schools, virtual schools, school districts, state and regional education organizations, state departments of education, state standards and state administrators." (edu-cyberpg)
  
  
  

• School Issues Glossary - An A-to-Z Guide to Education World Articles (educationworld)
  
  

Information :

• Texas city revives paddling as it takes a swat at misbehavior
  "In an era when students talk back to teachers, skip class and wear ever-more-risque clothing to school, one central Texas city has hit upon a deceptively simple solution: Bring back the paddle...
  Corporal punishment remains legal in 20 states, mostly in the South, but its use is diminishing...
  Rules about paddling vary from district to district, but typically only administrators, not teachers, can mete out the punishment, which is done in private."
  (washingtonpost.com)

  

• US school accused of web spying
  "Parents in the US have accused a school of spying on children by remotely activating webcams on laptops."
  (BBC)

  

• Schedules & Grades Compared
  - Sample schedules and grades (marks and years) comparing the school systems in France and the US
  (ielanguages.com)

• US school systems - Tableau comparatif sytème français et américain (2.bp.blogspot.com)
  

• VIRTUAL SCHOOLS :

  • 'The fun they had' by Isaac Asimov - TEXT (users.aber.ac.uk)
    
    
  • Virtual School - Chicago (YouTube)

    
    
    

• Guns for Texas school's teachers
  "Teachers in one part of the US state of Texas are to be allowed to carry concealed firearms when the new school term opens this month."
  (BBC)

  

• Public schools in the USA (Wikipedia)

• Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2006 (nces.ed.gov)
  "This report covers topics such as victimization, fights, bullying, disorder, weapons, student perceptions of school safety, teacher injury, and drugs and alcohol. Indicators of crime and safety are compared across different population subgroups and over time..." (bluewebn)
  
  

• School Shootings across the US - with an interactive map. (sun-sentinel.com)

• Dress code (theixans)
  

• What's cool in your school? (news.bbc.co.uk)

• Out of the Classroom: Summer School Goes Online - Listen. (voanews.com)

• The US school system (Ac. Paris) :
  - Us school system
  - The US Department of Education
  - Ressources and information
  - Some high schools web sites
  - Some elementary schools web sites
  - Some colleges and universities web sites
  - Important issues in American education today

• The American School System (rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de)
  
  

• Understanding American Education (studyusa.com)

• Secondary education in the United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

• American Classroom Customs (humanities.byu.edu)
  
  

Agreements :

• Computer Use Agreement - (hssd.net)
  'This policy applies to every student in Hot Springs School District (Arkansas).
  Parents and students must sign this agreement before a student is permitted on a computer.'
  
  
  
  
  

INTERACTIVE activities :

• Education in America - multiple choice exercise (Ac. Caen)
  
  

• American Classroom Customs - texte suivi de questions (a4esl)

Activities TO PRINT :

• THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  - exercises (Laurence Bernard, Académie de la Martinique) and a video (ali.apple.com)

Lesson plans :

• Pledging Allegiance - a lesson plan (with a photo) - (nytimes.com)
  
  

Cartoons :

• A study says... (blogger.com)
  
  

Videos :

• "Do You Believe in Me" Speech makes national star of Dallas ISD fifth-grader
  (dallasisd.org)

  

• Eurydice - the information network on education in Europe (eurydice.org)

• US and UK Universities 'dominant'
  "Universities in the USA and the UK continue to dominate an annual table ranking the world's top higher education institutions...
  Harvard and Yale are in first and second places, with Cambridge and Oxford in third and fourth."
  (BBC News)

  

• No shorts, no sandals, no stonewashed, teachers told
  "New Brunswick's School District 8 has decided its teachers need to start dressing a little better when they go to class.
  A new dress code policy recently came into effect for the schools in the southern New Brunswick district where staff are banned from wearing T-shirts, shorts, sports sandals and blue jeans while at work - even on casual days..."
  (cbc.ca)

  

• Students (Wikipedia)
  1 Scope
  2 International variations :
  2.1 Australia 2.2 Canada 2.3 Continental Europe 2.4 United Kingdom
  2.5 United States 2.5.1 First year 2.5.2 Second year 2.5.3 Post-second year
  3 Mature students
  4 Student pranks
  5 Other terms
  6 Idiomatic use
  7 References...

• School calendars around the world. (kyoto-su.ac.jp)

• Public schools in Australia (Wikipedia)

• Mon école en Australie (en français)
  "Dans ce programme de la série "Montre-moi ton école", un enfant aborigène d'Australie fait vivre quelques moments de sa vie d'écolier."
  (lesite.tv)

  

  
  
  
• Bullying (CBBC Newsround)