Choosing a Public School - TeachersAndFamilies

What's the Best Public School
for My Child?
Solving the Dilemma of School Selection
From the National Association
of School Psychologists

Introduction

Defining the Options

Researching Options

Where Does Your Child Fit?

Summary

References

Resources

Christenson, S. L. & Sheridan, S. M. (2001). Schools and families: Creating essential connections for learning. New York: Guildford.

National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education

Parent Information Center

Rimm, S. (1996). Dr. Sylvia Rimm’s smart parenting: How to raise a happy, achieving child. Crown Publishers

US Department of Education (2002). The charter school experience. A publication developed by America's Charter School Finance Corporation under a grant from the US DOE. Available at—www.americascharter.org/Charter_School_Experience.pdf

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Written by Andrea Canter, PhD, NCSP, retired Minneapolis Schools psychologist,
and provided by the National Association of School Psychologists.
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