Parents must select the right learning environment based on the individual child
Back in the days I attended elementary school, decisions were simple. My parents enrolled me in the neighborhood school, and that was that. When I finally had a child of my own, things had changed drastically in the education system.
Where we lived in Los Angeles, none of my neighbors with children sent their kids to the school at the end of the street. I soon learned that getting into the right school required a ton of homework as well as a lot of finagling.
What’s known as report cards for schools are available online so that parents can review the test scores and other assessments to determine if a school is of an acceptable caliber to enroll their children and then start applying. Unfortunately, if you don’t start this process early enough, say while your child is…
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