"Although the parents differ from one school to the next in terms of the demographics - for example, how many have university degrees or want their children to go to university - in terms of what they want there's very, very little fluctuation from one school to the next, " he said.
In the Al Marj Middle School, one can observe how everyone (school, parents, community) can take a stand for teachers in the context of some innovative school projects, such as the ones IQRA is carrying out to foster reading, as a basic competence for improving learning.
These include such things as the practice in some non-selective schools of not considering an application if the parents had also put a grammar school as one of their choices.
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At least one school district has already warned parents that food served in its cafeterias was recalled because of possible E. coli contamination.
The system as a whole responds better to parents' wishes, too: if local authorities try to close a much-loved small rural school, parents simply apply to open their own one.
With kids going back to school, you may be one of the many parents with future college expenses on your mind.
In one new charter school, Larry spoke with some parents about how their expectations and their hopes have changed since the storm.
We can keep one million students learning beyond regular school hours, when parents work and juvenile crime soars.
Jude O'Connor, one of the parents behind the proposals, said the new school could open in Tunbridge Wells in 2013.
At one school, St Anne's Primary in Cathays, parents have called in lawyers in an effort to stop the council closing it.
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"No one begrudges parents who can afford to send their children to private school, " says Michael Best, general counsel for the New York City schools.
"We had folks who never needed aid before and now they have one, two parents unemployed, " says Vincent Amoroso, the school's director of student financial services.
One in five (20%) parents said they had sought their school's permission for a term-time holiday and been refused.
About one in six parents had already started shopping for back-to-school gear for their kids by early July, with many looking to take advantage of price specials.
Parents continue to hold strongly to the belief that their child will succeed at school and gain one of the scarce formal employment opportunities.
One mother, with a daughter at the school, said: "Parents have been given so much warning and done nothing about it, " she said.
In fact, parents in Nebraska sued their school district for negligent hiring for not looking at the MySpace profile of one of its teachers closely enough.
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Parents complained of a lack of choice and of high-handed treatment from the school board: one aggrieved father who grew up in bureaucracy-racked India said the board's behaviour reminded him of home.
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One in 10 of them claimed they struggled at school as a result of their parents' unemployment, according to the report.
One team streamlined the payment of school fees through the service by helping institutions and parents keep track of upcoming and late deposits.
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It also showed that one third had parents who had not been to university, and one in five who had not been to independent school or university.
On CafeMom.com, where lying generates numerous posts from parents, one mother wrote that her teen lied to cover up that he was being bullied at school because he wanted to handle it himself.
The school-choice movement is about competition between schools, and about giving parents the right to pick any one they want.
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At back-to-school nights, her parents stood by themselves while the younger parents exerted a kind of hysterical energy toward one another.
And, more generally, teaching is one of the few jobs that leave the summer free and offer convenient hours for parents with school-age children.
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One reason the issue has attracted more attention in recent years is that parents who deal with school bullying realize it can happen in the workplace, too.
In London, four out of five parents (81%) got their first choice of school - up on last year - while 92% got one of their top three choices.
As parents grow richer, one of the first things they do is use their burgeoning incomes to send their children to school.
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In Kent, where parents found out about places earlier this month, 85% got their first-choice school, while 96% got one of their top three choices.
The school is one of the few American colleges that is a household name in China, and many Chinese parents dream of enrolling their children there.
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