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Weston, Susan Perkins – 1990
Step-by-step advice for Spanish-speaking parents on how to choose among available schools for their children is offered in this guidebook. Factors to consider in making the choice are discussed, as well as information on alternatives to the available choices, which include home schooling and working to create new options. After an introductory…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Schooling, Magnet Schools
Weston, Susan Perkins – 1989
This book offers step-by-step advice for parents on how to choose among available schools for their children. It identifies factors to consider in making the choice, and it offers information on options for parents who do not like any of the available schools, including teaching children at home and working to create new options. After an…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Schooling, Magnet Schools
Raywid, Mary Anne – 1987
Starting with the contention that we need to restore a wider range of choice to parents in their children's education, this paper lists and reviews the varieties of public education currently available throughout the country, and discusses their advantages and disadvantages. These varieties include magnet schools, alternative schools, independent…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Opportunities, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Schools