{"id":233,"date":"2012-06-30T00:07:46","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T00:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.websitefix.net\/clients\/Generic\/?page_id=233"},"modified":"2021-07-12T20:27:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T20:27:53","slug":"alternative-education-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AustinTX3\/?page_id=233","title":{"rendered":"Alternative Education Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><b>ACADEMICS \/ ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION RESOURCES<br \/>\n<\/b><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><b>Private Schools<br \/>\n<\/b><\/strong>Private schools \u2014 both independent and parochial \u2014 are available as alternatives to public education in the Austin area. Parents who are interested in exploring options for private education will find the following resources helpful. The Texas Private School Accreditation Commission offers a Texas School Directory on its website:<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Texas Private School Accreditation Commission<br \/>\n<\/b><\/strong>512-499-8377<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tepsac.com\">http:\/\/www.tepsac.com<\/a><br \/>\nEnsures the quality of private schools by monitoring and approving organizations that accredit the various non-public elementary and secondary educational institutions in Texas.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Diocese of Austin<br \/>\n<\/b><\/strong>512-949-2400<br \/>\nWith 17 Roman Catholic elementary schools and 5 high schools; each school is accredited with the Texas Education Agency.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>U.S. Department of Education<br \/>\n<\/b><\/strong>Office of Non-Public Education<br \/>\nWashington, D.C.<br \/>\n800-872-5327<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.gov\/\">https:\/\/www.ed.gov<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><b>National Association of Independent Schools<br \/>\n<\/b><\/strong>Washington, D.C.<br \/>\n202-973-9700<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nais.org\/\">https:\/\/www.nais.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACADEMICS \/ ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION RESOURCES Private Schools Private schools \u2014 both independent and parochial \u2014 are available as alternatives to public education in the Austin area. Parents who are interested in exploring options for private education will find the following resources helpful. The Texas Private School Accreditation Commission offers a Texas School Directory on its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AustinTX3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AustinTX3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AustinTX3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AustinTX3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AustinTX3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=233"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AustinTX3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":744,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AustinTX3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/233\/revisions\/744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/AustinTX3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}