RELOCATION: Just arrived in New Jersey? Well as an expat, you could be forgiven for thinking that now you’re here, most of the hard work is done. After all, packing, shipping and getting yourself and your family across the world to a strange place, by itself is no mean feat. Here’s the reality. You still have […] 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 →