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Dearborn Academy Dearborn is one of New England's premiere psycho-therapeutic day schools serving children and adolescents with severe emotional, behavioral, and learning difficulties. It is one of the few programs in eastern Massachusetts that also meets the needs of children and adolescents who face both language-based learning issues and emotional challenges. Lesley Ellis School Lesley Ellis School is a nationally recognized independent elementary school (Preschool-Grade 5) offering a progressive, antibias education with ambitious goals for learning. SFC's largest program, Lesley Ellis serves 150 families. Seaport Campus Seaport is a small alternative high school with a unique hands-on learning program that includes opportunities for self-development through experiences at sea. Seaport specializes in supporting teens with non-verbal and social learning difficulties. S.T.E.P. S.T.E.P. (Short-Term Educational Placement) provides stabilization and assessment services designed for elementary, middle- and high-school students who have been temporarily excluded from their schools. This Month
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Thursday, October 18
Snooze or Lose
by
Ted Wilson
on Thu 18 Oct 2007 04:21 PM EDT
Despite how persuasive all this science is, somehow it still seems like a huge leap of faith to consider giving back an hour of our children’s lives to slumber. This article explores the implications of overextending children to the point of their losing sleep. Tuesday, April 17
Friday, April 6
How To Get People To Vote
by
MFB
on Fri 06 Apr 2007 11:17 AM EDT
A paper in the Journal of Something or Other asserts that high school students who participate in community service are more likely to vote as adults and to continue to volunteer in their community.
Civic participation, however, has declined over the past 50 years and the numbers of adults who vote in elections has also declined. This paper suggests that a service learning component to the high school curriculum can have dramatic effects on the voter participation. |
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