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Gordon, Edward E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
Describes the individualized instructional approach of the Imperial Tutoring and Educational Services school in Chicago (Illinois), which offers tutoring by certified personnel for remedial and enrichment purposes. The program recently became the first tutorial school fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. (PGD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Home Schooling, Individualized Instruction
Pike, Bob – Phi Delta Kappan, 1992
An industrial arts teacher explains necessity for teaching seven of his nine adopted children at home. Although his white children were well disciplined and encouraged by teachers, the East Indian, Cambodian, Hispanic, and African-American youngsters received little correction for out-of-line behavior and poor academic performance. Besides getting…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adopted Children, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education
Divoky, Diane – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
Considers the range of reasons for the growth of the home schooling movement, providing several examples. Describes the practical difficulties facing home schoolers, and discusses the variety of legal reactions to home schooling, both supportive and suppressive, at state and local levels across the nation. (PGD)
Descriptors: Attendance, Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship