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Public School Policy: Your School Board's Agenda

Those monthly meetings make a difference for your school. Here, a summary of how school boards operate.

Choosing a School that Will Provide for All Child Development Stages

There are several factors to take into account when choosing the most desirable school for your child. Follow these guidelines to help assess what exactly is the best one.

Provide Positive Support for Parents' Discipline

When grandparents care for their grandchildren, they may be tempted to be all fun and games. But it's better for kids if grandparents support the parents' discipline.

Parent Involvement in Education Begins with Choosing the Right School

Choosing the best school for your child is the first step in parent involvement in education. Your child's personality, family values, and education priorities are all part of school choice.

Understanding Kids' Grades: Does “D” Mean Dummy?

When your child brings home a "D," parent teacher communication and taking the time to find out what signals a test score is sending will help in understanding kids' grades.

A Coach's Letter to Parents: Make Sure Sports Are Fun Family Activities

In children's sports, your role as a parent is just as important as the coach's role. This article suggests ways you can work with your coach to make sure that sports are fun family activities for your child.

Friendships and Teenager Stress

Have you ever had a friend who made you feel like you could never measure up? Who put you down or said things about you behind your back? Read Ashley's story and what she learned about real friendship.

College Admission Requirements Are Indicators of Career Success

Education is the key to a secure future. College admission requirements are indicative of what is needed for career success. Improve grades now and improve the chances of a good job.

Parent Involvement in Education: A Guide to Parent-Teacher Conferences

So little time, so much to ask! That's the problem with parent-teacher conferences. To lessen stress and make the most of the meeting, follow these tips for improving parent teacher communication.

Health in School: A Case for Later School Hours for Teens

This article summarize research about how later school hours for teens can improve health in school. The article also explains why later school hours are unlikely to happen anytime soon.

Social Strategies for Gender Equality

If you want your kids to grow up feeling that men and women are truly equal, model equitable gender behavior for them with these fun family activities. Get tips on how to add gender equality to your parenting toolkit.

Making the Most of Parent-Teacher Communication

Parent involvement in school can improve grades. Start the year off right by asking your child's teacher these eight essential questions at your first conference or, better yet, via email on the first day of school.

9 Questions to Build Parent Teacher Communication for a Parent Teacher Partnership

For a successful parent teacher partnership, ask the nine questions in this article. Build parent teacher communication to make sure you get off on the right foot with your child's teacher.

Family Ideas for Getting Teens Interested in the World

Adolescent parenting requires creativity to get teens interested in the world beyond themselves. Here are some family ideas to interest your teen in current events.

8 Tips To Make Your Library Research Trip a Success

Does your child need to do library research for a school assignment? Here are some tips to make the trip successful, whether your child consults classic children's books or teenagers' books.

40 Ways To Help Your Child Be Successful

You want to raise your child to encourage personal health and wellness, not to mention happiness and productivity. Consider these external and internal assets that can help your child be successful.

4 Ways to Encourage Parent Involvement in Education

Parents should be involved in their children's education to improve student teacher relationships and parent teacher communication. Learn some ways to go about improving parent involvement in education.

Elementary Tutoring Through High School Tutoring: How to Find a Tutor for Your Child

This article includes tips, advice and steps to take for elementary tutoring through high school tutoring. Learn how to find the best tutor for your child, whatever your child's tutoring needs may be.

Parent Involvement in Education: 3 Tips to Combat Noisy Classrooms

If your child can hardly hear him- or herself think at school, step up your parent involvement in education. Here are three tips to amp up parent teacher communication and help solve this problem.

High School Questions for Parents

Get advice for parents who want to keep their sanity and help their children prepare for college. This article answers questions about high school academics, as well as several other high school questions.

20 Terrific Reasons To Fund K12 Grades Arts Education

Convince schools to spend K12 grades money on the arts, even in a budget crunch. Arm yourself with these reasons, which include primary grades ideas, middle school ideas, and upper grades ideas.

Smart Goal Setting for Young Entrepreneurs

Teach young entrepreneurs the basics of goal setting and success through steps like finding a mentor, making education a priority, and making family home activities teaching moments.

Studying Tips and Other Ways To Make This the Best School Year Ever

Prepare to support your child's success this upcoming school year, making it the best year ever. Back-to-school studying tips and middle school ideas from a veteran teacher can improve grades.

Keep Your Child Reading Popular Children's Books and Classic Children's Books This Summer

Kids may not think of summer as the best time to curl up with popular children's books and classic children's books. Here are some ways to keep children of all ages reading every day anyway.

10 Reading Rights for Children

According to reading teachers, when it comes to reading popular children's books, classic children's books, or an elementary reading program, parents must ensure their children's literacy rights are honored.

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