LIVING IN NEW JERSEY: When you think of American High school, there are lots of images that are conjured up from TV shows, movies and news stories that have been shown around the world including in Australia. Shows such as ‘Mean Girls’, ‘High School Musical’, ‘Heathers’ and ‘Clueless’, help to develop biases and pre-conceptions about […] Continue reading →
LIFE IN NEW JERSEY: Moving to a new location is always a huge task. Enrolling your children in school in your new home town is just part of the logistical challenge that relocating families face. If you are moving to New Jersey however, you should know each public school district makes its own rules about […] Continue reading →
LIFE IN NEW JERSEY: If you haven’t heard of charter schools, then you are missing one of the most interesting debates in public schooling, at least here in the US. ‘Charter Schools vs. Public: Is One Better Than the Other?’is just one article amongst many education news stories, that continue to grab parents’ attention. […] Continue reading →
EXPAT LIFE: Although Australians speak the English language, like any overseas place you go to, the USA has its own unique terms for many things. Getting to know these can be a bit like learning a foreign language to new expats. The funny part comes from the cultural mismatch of having different meanings for the […] Continue reading →
RELOCATION: Now we’ve talked about the more difficult things in New Jersey public schools for expats, let’s talk about the fun and interesting stuff that happens, that doesn’t happen back home. Some of these are just sort of interesting and others are ‘Woohoo!’ things that I’d love to export back home. So without further […] Continue reading →
RELOCATION: Was I expecting school to be the same here as back home in Australia? Of course not. The fact that there are differences doesn’t necessarily make them all bad, just different. In fact some of the dissimilar things in New Jersey schools are so excellent that I wish we had them back home. But there are […] Continue reading →
As a follow on from an earlier article ‘What is the New Jersey School system like?’, during May, I will be publishing a series of six posts about New Jersey schools. My aim is to make the challenging decision of choosing the right school, a little easier for Australian and other expat families. This is […] Continue reading →
LIFE IN NEW JERSEY: When you’re relocating overseas, finding about how schooling works elsewhere in the world can be a big job. Sure, maybe coming to another English-speaking country is easier. But it doesn’t take away that feeling of being out of your depth. Nor does it remove the need to make decisions sometimes without all the […] Continue reading →
LIVING IN NEW JERSEY: When you think of American High school, there are lots of images that are conjured up from TV shows, movies and news stories that have been shown around the world including in Australia. Shows such as ‘Mean Girls’, ‘High School Musical’, ‘Heathers’ and ‘Clueless’, help to develop biases and pre-conceptions about […] Continue reading → 
LIFE IN NEW JERSEY: Moving to a new location is always a huge task. Enrolling your children in school in your new home town is just part of the logistical challenge that relocating families face. If you are moving to New Jersey however, you should know each public school district makes its own rules about […] Continue reading → 
LIFE IN NEW JERSEY: If you haven’t heard of charter schools, then you are missing one of the most interesting debates in public schooling, at least here in the US. ‘Charter Schools vs. Public: Is One Better Than the Other?’is just one article amongst many education news stories, that continue to grab parents’ attention. […] Continue reading → 
EXPAT LIFE: Although Australians speak the English language, like any overseas place you go to, the USA has its own unique terms for many things. Getting to know these can be a bit like learning a foreign language to new expats. The funny part comes from the cultural mismatch of having different meanings for the […] Continue reading → 
RELOCATION: Now we’ve talked about the more difficult things in New Jersey public schools for expats, let’s talk about the fun and interesting stuff that happens, that doesn’t happen back home. Some of these are just sort of interesting and others are ‘Woohoo!’ things that I’d love to export back home. So without further […] Continue reading → 
RELOCATION: Was I expecting school to be the same here as back home in Australia? Of course not. The fact that there are differences doesn’t necessarily make them all bad, just different. In fact some of the dissimilar things in New Jersey schools are so excellent that I wish we had them back home. But there are […] Continue reading → 
As a follow on from an earlier article ‘What is the New Jersey School system like?’, during May, I will be publishing a series of six posts about New Jersey schools. My aim is to make the challenging decision of choosing the right school, a little easier for Australian and other expat families. This is […] Continue reading → 
LIFE IN NEW JERSEY: When you’re relocating overseas, finding about how schooling works elsewhere in the world can be a big job. Sure, maybe coming to another English-speaking country is easier. But it doesn’t take away that feeling of being out of your depth. Nor does it remove the need to make decisions sometimes without all the […] Continue reading →