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  2. World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools

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    Closed in March 2009; 90 students were enrolled at the time of closure. School director Richard Darrington was arrested in May 2009 and charged with battery of two students at the school. It was converted into a hotel after its use by WWASP, but as of 2022 its status is unknown. Gulf Coast Academy Lucedale, Mississippi, United States

  3. English as a second or foreign language - Wikipedia

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    These programs, especially ESL, are usually an academic subject, course, or program designed to teach English to students who are not yet proficient in the language. While some people only refer to learning in an English-speaking country, learning this language can also entail learning in a non-English speaking or non-native nation.

  4. World Health Organization - Wikipedia

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    Budget. $6.83 billion (2024–25) Website. who.int. The World Health Organization ( WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. [2] It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has six regional offices [3] and 150 field offices worldwide. [4] The WHO was established on April 7, 1948, and ...

  5. American Indian boarding schools - Wikipedia

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    Pupils at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Pennsylvania, c. 1900. American Indian boarding schools, also known more recently as American Indian residential schools, were established in the United States from the mid-17th to the early 20th centuries with a primary objective of "civilizing" or assimilating Native American children and youth into Anglo-American culture.

  6. Cultural assimilation of Native Americans - Wikipedia

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    The report card shows the school getting an F in mathematics achievement and mathematics growth, a C in social studies achievement, a D in reading achievement, and an A in reading growth and student attendance. "The C we made is tremendous," said school principal Holly Davis, "[t]here is no English instruction in our school's younger grades ...

  7. Waldorf education - Wikipedia

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    One study of science curriculum compared a group of American Waldorf school students to American public school students on three different test variables. Two tests measured verbal and non-verbal logical reasoning and the third was an international TIMSS test. The TIMSS test covered scientific understanding of magnetism.

  8. History of education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Colonial era See also: Education in the Thirteen Colonies, Latin school § Latin schools in colonial North America and the USA, and Neo-Latin § Latin in school education 1500-1700 Schooling was a high priority in Puritan New England, which set up strong systems, especially in the colonial-era Province of Massachusetts Bay. It was a lower priority elsewhere, with many short-lived small local ...

  9. Sigmund Freud - Wikipedia

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    Sigmund Freud (/ f r ɔɪ d / FROYD, German: [ˈziːkmʊnt ˈfrɔʏt]; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies seen as originating from conflicts in the psyche, through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and ...