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Unit 2: Which choice is the right choice?

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Learning Objectives

  1. The learner will become aware of how selecting a school for a particular child is an individualized process
  2. The learner will create a compare and contrast matrix to analyze different schooling options
  3. The learner will use a child's characteristics to identify the school of best fit
  4. The learner will analyze all additional classes/programs offered to parents and their children and how they promote learning

Do Now

Watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G9MtANh4RM to see how school choice is an individualized process.

Activities

In order to complete the next two activities, you must be logged into the website www.dropbox.com, using the following email and password to access the appropriate materials.

Email: schoolchoice@mail.com

Password:kniltsc

Research

Click on and open the document titled "Unit 2 - Compare.Contrast Matrix.docx". Fill in one of the Compare and Contrast matrices with accurate information regarding two schooling options.

Assignment

Click on and open the PowerPoint titled "Unit 2 - Schooling Options PP.pptx". Research a schooling option of interest that is not already discussed in the PowerPoint. Create a slide(s) including information about your particular schooling option.

School Choice Scenario

Click and read the pdf link, File:Unit 2 - School Choice Scenario.pdf coming up with an appropriate school selection for the family.

Conclusion

Click here to proceed to Unit 3: The Pros and Cons of the different school choices

Click here to go back to Unit 1: What choices do parents have?

Click here to go back to the mini course overview Connor's Mini-Course: School Choice

Click here to return to Connor Breen's Portfolio Page.

Extended Resources

Arbuckle, G.A. (2013). Catholic Identity or Identities? Minnesota: Liturgical Press​

Boxwood Public School [Web Image]. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Boxwood_Public_School

Charter Education [Web Image]. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.goodcharacter.com/

Morse, S. N. (2015). FOR-PROFIT SCHOOLS: A HISTORY OF ABUSE AND THE NEED FOR REFORM. Brigham Young University Education & Law Jour nal, (2), 585-595. Retrieved from ​http://digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1375&context=elj​

[The Heritage Foundation] (2011, August 11). What is School Choice? [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G9MtANh4RM

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. (2015). Catholic Education. Retrieved from ​http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/how-we-teach/catholic-education/​

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