Tag: Parents
It’s Time To Think Differently About Homeschooling
Saying you’ve ‘seen homeschooling’ is like saying you’ve seen salad or photographs or the internet. Homeschooled in what way? Learning what and how?
What Parents Can Do At Home To Help With…
Whether parents should schedule reading at home depends on many factors–including how you ‘frame’ reading and how they respond.
Characteristics Of A Good School
A good school decenters itself–makes its curriculum, policies, and other ‘pieces’ less visible than students and hope and growth.
The Definition Of Bullying
So what’s a simple definition for bullying? Intentionally causing suffering for someone else who often can’t or won’t defend themselves.
Should Teachers Give Their Phone Number To Parents?
Don’t go giving parents your personal phone number. Bad idea. Very bad idea. Sign up for Google Voice to text parents.
7 Ways To Improve Parental Involvement In The Classroom
Everyone agrees that parental involvement in student learning is important, and in fact a key factor in their success.
Why Parents Don’t Understand How To Help
Families and communities often only recognize the bits and pieces of education they’ve seen before–letter grades, essays, book reports, and report cards.
Why Teachers Are The Sleeping Giant In The Fight…
The end of net neutrality would put large internet service companies–and those who influence them–in control of information.