Category: V

Injection of a polysaccharide (hyaluronin) into osteoarthritic joints to help restore the viscosity of synovial fluid.  

A program under which school taxes go into a special fund, from which parents are given redeemable coupons called vouchers that enable them to “purchase” education (up to specified amount of money) for their children in the school of their choice, whether public or private. Under the present system, many parents whose children attend private…

Schools that provide a special curriculum oriented to preparing students for employment after graduation; often a type of magnet school or school of choice. Though the term has traditionally been used to refer to schools that focused on instruction for non-college-bound students, such as those offering automobile mechanics or printing, schools also may be termed…

A type of curriculum that focuses on teaching students skills to be used on jobs after graduation.  

A set of overlapping skills that involve the eyes, often in combination with motor skills.  

An educator who travels among several schools, providing special instructional services, or who teaches homebound students.  

The right of a separated, divorced, or otherwise absent parent living elsewhere to see his or her children on some agreed-upon basis; some noncustodial parents dislike the implication that they are visitors and prefer the term parental access. The ability to visit one’s children is a basic parents’ right; the father of a child born…

A learning style in which a child gains knowledge, skills, and concepts from the experience of others.  

The tubes by which sperm leave the testes for the epididymis, the “holding area” where they mature.  

In a graduating class, the student with the highest academic rank, generally as measured by grade average; so called because he or she is often asked to give a farewell speech, or valedictory, at graduation ceremonies. The second-ranked student is the salutatorian.