The ACAP [Assessment, Counseling, and Placement] Center conducts Initial Interviews to all new student applicants. This procedure is essential in identifying important information in terms of physical, psychological and mental conditions of the students. Participants are graduates from the K12 program. It also serves as a contrivance for the…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine parental and students' decisions regarding participating in K-12 level study abroad programs in Manitoba, Canada. Design/methodology/approach: The study reports on data collected through document analysis and semi-structured interviews with 18 international students and 14 parents. Findings: The…

This piece of research project has demonstrated that there is a gap in educational achievement between parents' access to social capital and children's educational outcomes in a global context by examining England, United States and China specifically. Through examining educational resources, from in-school factors, such as facilities, teacher…

The Ministry of Advanced Education's 2012/13-2014/15 Service Plan builds on plans and efforts from previous years. It aligns with and supports achievement of government's current province-wide priorities on: (1) Jobs and the Economy; (2) Families First; and (3) Open Government and Citizen Engagement. Over the next three years, the Ministry will…

What makes a successful rural P-12 school? This paper will review the notions of a successful school and will challenge the dominant voice of quantitative data as the yardstick for such success. In doing so, this paper will focus on qualitative measures including those aspects which are ignored by the quantitative data. Reference will be made to…