Author: Matthew Lynch
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Preparing to Teach Diverse Students
Many teachers are poorly equipped to teach ethnically diverse student populations. Despite the growing numbers of culturally diverse students, some teacher education programs still hesitate to ... -
Educational Strategies for Celebrating the Uniqueness Culturally Diverse Students
It is not necessary to be an expert on every culture, but it is important to be sensitive to the fact that differences do exist and ... -
How Student-Led Conferences Work
If you are a parent lucky enough to be working with a genuinely progressive teacher, they may tell you that instead of the traditional parent-teacher conference, ... -
How a Traditional Parent-Teacher Conference Works
Your child spends about 180 days with their teachers. If you want your child to live up to their potential academically, then you have to form ... -
Providing Your Child With The Right Foundation For Academic Success
Before focusing specifically on what a child is learning, parents must lay the foundation for academic success. This starts with a healthy lifestyle. For example, a ... -
Instilling a Love of Learning in Your Child
To help their child attain academic success, parents must show an active interest in education. This is, in fact, one of the most natural things for ... -
Why Parental Involvement Matters
Parent involvement is actually the best predictor of a student’s educational achievement. Parent involvement demonstrates to the student the importance of school, resulting in improved student ... -
How Administrators Can Help All Students Succeed
Even with all that teachers do in the classroom to help their students, most educators understand that the overall tone of any school is set by ... -
How Teachers Can Help All Students Succeed
Teachers play an essential role in the academic success of all the children they teach. However, it is critical that they play an even more dominant ... -
How Teacher Expectations Influence Student Performance
Culturally diverse students, like all students, are vulnerable to teacher expectations. The Rosenthal and Jacobson study of 1968 was the first full-length study to suggest that ...
