The first major battle over school choice came out of struggles over equalizing and integrating schools in the civil rights era, when it became apparent that choice could be either a serious barrier or a significant tool for reaching these goals. The second large and continuing movement for choice was part of the very different anti-government, individualistic, market-based movement of a more conservative period in which many of the lessons of that earlier period were forgotten, though choice was once again presented as the answer to racial inequality.

An American English primary course for students aged 5–12 years.

Everybody Up encourages children to use language in a natural and meaningful way by connecting English to their own lives. Colorful cross-curricular lessons link English to other school subjects. Fun stories teach life lessons such as being kind and polite. Great songs, and the special Everybody Up Friends, motivate children to practice English – even at home!

The Top Notch Workbook contains daily assignments that reinforce each lesson. The six-level Top Notch program makes English unforgettable through multiple exposures to language, numerous opportunities to practice it, and systematic and intensive recycling. Goals and achievement-based lessons with can-do statements enable students to confirm their progress.

Level: B1+ Intermediate

Writing with Style: Two Useful Strategies for Students

This lesson plan offers teachers two strategies dealing with repetition and sentence variety that they can incorporate into their writing lessons.

Cutting Edge 3d Edition Elementary: SB, WB, TB, Other materialsCutting Edge Elementary Students' Book (3rd edition) builds on the distinctive task-based approach that has made this course so popular.