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Step Up for Students is a 501 (c)3 nonprofit in Florida providing low income students, bullied students and students with special needs with scholarships to help pay tuition for private school, assistance to attend an out of district public school, or for tutoring, textbooks or therapies. Step Up For Students was created as part of a merger ...
Parent Effectiveness Training. Parent Effectiveness Training ( P.E.T.) is a parent education program based on the Gordon Model by Thomas Gordon. Gordon taught the first P.E.T. course in 1962 and the courses proved to be so popular with parents that he began training instructors throughout the United States to teach it in their communities.
The Panel for Educational Policy of the Department of Education of the City School District of the City of New York, [1] abbreviated as the Panel for Educational Policy [2] and also known as the New York City Board of Education, is the governing body of the New York City Department of Education. [3] [4] The members of the board are appointed by ...
A parent trigger is a legal maneuver through which parents can change the administration of a poorly performing public school—most notably by transforming it into a charter school . The first parent trigger law was passed by the California legislature in January 2010. Subsequently, similar laws were considered in at least 25 states in the US ...
A parent education program is a course that can be followed to correct and improve a person's parenting skills. Such courses may be general, covering the most common issues parents may encounter, or specific, for infants, toddlers, children and teenagers. These courses may also be geared towards parents who are considering having a child, or ...
Triple P (parenting program) Triple P is a parenting intervention with the main goals of increasing the knowledge, skills, and confidence of parents and reducing the prevalence of mental health, emotional, and behavioral problems in children and adolescents. The program was originally specifically tailored for at risk children and parents, but ...
Spouse. Peter Edelman. . ( m. 1968) . Children. 3, including Jonah and Ezra. Marian Wright Edelman ( née Wright; born June 6, 1939) is an American activist for civil rights and children's rights. She is the founder and president emerita of the Children's Defense Fund. [1] She influenced leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. [2]
Motivational speaker. Tony Robbins at seminar. A motivational speaker is a speaker who makes speeches intended to motivate or inspire an audience. Such speakers may attempt to challenge or transform their audiences. [1] The speech itself is popularly known as a pep talk. [2]