Parental Involvement
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
How to Help Your Child Get Ready for Kindergarten
I have several friends who are kindergarten teachers, and their number one complaint is the lack of school readiness that they observe in many ... -
5 Ways to Advocate for K-12 Students in Your Community
Every week I receive calls and emails from parents who have legitimate problems and issues with how their child’s school operates. In response, I ... -
Improving School Communication for Parents
With the advent of the digital age, most parents have an overload of messages that they are trying to classify and prioritize. Add to ... -
Don’t Ask “How was school today?”
As children get older and become less excited to share the school day with us, there are certain questions that get a dialogue going. ... -
Why Home Visits Are Critical to Student Success
Very few teachers do not understand the importance of creating a partnership with parents to educate their students, but it can be difficult at ...
