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Therapeutic Boarding Schools
For students who are experiencing mental health challenges that require specialized care in a residential school environment, therapeutic boarding schools can provide the more intensive and integrated support that they need. At therapeutic boarding schools, students are provided with tools to help them navigate difficult emotional experiences, build resilience, work ... Read More
What is Balanced Literacy?
As literacy instruction has evolved, the proverbial pendulum has swung from the Bottom-Up approach, which includes a strong focus on phonics instruction, to the Top- Down approach, also known as Whole Language, where authentic literature became the focus. The former, largely popular in the years before the early 1980's, was ... Read More
Oxbridge New York and The Importance of Pre-College Summer Programs
50 kids, 12 staff members. A college dorm full of high school students, and a city alive again after two-plus years of Covid disruption. What kind of alchemy occurs when you add, after two vacant summers, people back into the asphalt and steel, gardens and rivers of New York City? ... Read More
Mainstream Boarding Schools
Boarding schools guide students in becoming independent, broad-minded, and responsible young adults. They offer environments that promote strong academic and social communities and provide rigorous support in ways that day schools cannot. Boarding schools enable students to take responsibility for their learning and growth while also ensuring that students have ... Read More
Junior Boarding Schools
While many parents may already be familiar with secondary boarding schools, they may be less aware of junior boarding schools, which offer a supportive, structured setting for their younger students to learn and thrive. Junior boarding schools are specifically designed for students in upper elementary and middle school and provide ... Read More