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1. Five tips for helping a struggling child in school; If you have concerns about their academic progress, the first step is to document your specific worries

Author

Roberts, Jillian

Subjects
Students -- Rating of, Home and school -- Methods, Parenting -- Methods, Education -- Parent participation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: JILLIAN ROBERTS Research professor of educational psychology at the University of Victoria. She is also a practising registered psychologist in B.C., Alberta and NWT. She specializes in child psychology, [...]

Published
2024

2. Expert advice for parents as 'super lice' season looms including best way to tackle head lice; From how to spot head lice and their eggs to the best method for removing them effectively, here's everything you need to know ahead of the new school term

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, Parenting -- Methods, Lice -- Methods, Education -- Parent participation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: By, Catherine Addison-Swan With schools breaking up for the summer, many parents and carers will be busy preparing for the new term ahead, but there's one thing that many [...]

Published
2024

3. GCSE results day: When is it, what to expect, and how to appeal your results? From grade boundaries to exam remarks, we answer all your questions ahead of the day; From grade boundaries to exam remarks, we answer all your questions ahead of the day

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, Education -- Parent participation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Flora Bowen GCSE results day is an exciting moment for many pupils, as they prepare to embark on new studies and attend different sixth form colleges. But for others [...]

Published
2023

4. BLENDING KIDS INTO HYBRID LEARNING: 'Combining the need to work from home with a house full of children who are engaged in hybrid learning certainly presents significant demands on a parent's, guardian's, and caregiver's time and a student's educational plan, but this unique time also presents a number of creative opportunities for children--with the adults in their lives--to learn new things and develop new skills.'

Author

Wedenoja, Leigh

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, Parenting -- Methods, Education -- Parent participation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

AFTER workplaces and schools around the country shut down in record number in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of parents and caregivers found themselves trying to meet their work-from-home [...]

Published
2020

5. Crusading for parental rights may cloak other motives

Author

Larson, Edward

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, Public schools -- Services, Education -- Parent participation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Edward Larson Education is a key issue for Republicans all over the country in 2022. Why? In a word, Virginia. Before 2021, Republicans had gone a dozen years without [...]

Published
2022

6. What parents can do when schools ban books

Author

Chase, Kristen Mei

Subjects
School districts -- Laws, regulations and rules, Home and school -- Methods, Banned books -- Influence, Education -- Parent participation, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Kristen Mei Chase When I decided to move back to my hometown of Philadelphia after many years in the South, the only thing I really cared about were the [...]

Published
2022

7. What we lost by banning parents from school buildings

Author

Fullan, Josh

Subjects
Epidemics -- Control -- Educational aspects -- Canada, School buildings -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Social aspects, Home and school -- Methods, Public health administration, Education -- Parent participation, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: JOSH FULLAN Director of Maximum City, a national education and engagement organization I didn't think much about not being able to visit my daughter's classroom during the pandemic - [...]

Published
2022

8. Parenting During COVID-19: How To Prepare Kids For Going Back To School

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, Parenting -- Methods, Child care -- Methods, Coronaviruses -- Methods, Education -- Parent participation, Consumer news and advice, General interest
Abstract

Since the coronavirus pandemic started upending our lives just a few short months ago, parents across the country have faced major challenges at home. We're no longer just parents; we've [...]

Published
2020

9. FIVE TIPS FOR PARENTS TO HELP KIDS CATCH UP

Subjects
Epidemics -- Educational aspects -- Canada, Home and school -- Methods, Parenting -- Methods -- Educational aspects, Education -- Parent participation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Staff Lead SUPPORT LITERACY AND NUMERACY IN EVERYDAY ROUTINES Lisa Nave, a Toronto elementary school teacher, said families can play games such as UNO, count coins in [...]

Published
2021

10. 7 ways to support kids' immune systems as they return to school and wait for the Covid vaccine

Subjects
Children -- Diseases, Vaccination -- Methods, Home and school -- Methods, Education -- Parent participation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) -- As kids return to in-person schooling every year, parents are usually prepared for their children's immune systems to reckon with a few weeks of [...]

Published
2021

11. Too cruel for school

Author

Tyre, Peg

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, Bullying -- Prevention, Bullying -- Statistics, School safety -- Management, Education -- Parent participation, Education -- Methods, Company business management, Family and marriage, General interest
Published
2010

13. Square pegs

Author

Rosen, Peg

Subjects
Middle schools -- Social aspects, Parenting -- Methods, Home and school -- Methods, Home and school -- Management, Interpersonal relations in adolescence -- Management, Education -- Parent participation, Education -- Methods, Education -- Management, Company business management, Family and marriage, General interest
Published
2008

14. The college try: staying sane while your teen applies

Author

Parlapiano, Ellen

Subjects
College admissions -- Personal narratives, College admissions -- Social aspects, Home and school -- Methods, Home and school -- Management, Education -- Parent participation, Education -- Methods, Education -- Management, Company business management, Family and marriage, General interest
Published
2008

15. A back-to-school guide for parents. (Education)

Author

Kinnon, Joy Bennett

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, Education -- Parent participation, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, General interest, Company business planning, Planning, Methods
Abstract

THE end of summer brings mixed emotions to parents and children. Children miss summer play, but for parents, particularly working mothers, summer provides a mental vacation from the monumental scheduling [...]

Published
2002

16. Make reading a family affair

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, Reading -- Methods, Parenting -- Methods, Education -- Methods -- Parent participation, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, General interest, Methods
Abstract

READING TOGETHER FOR A CHANGE Can a child in the second grade read two books a day for a year? Doubters, meet Melissa Aders, the best-read fourth-grader in Huntsville, Alabama. [...]

Published
1993

18. How to raise a genius (or at least a B-plus student). (Parenting)

Author

Davis, Kimberly

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, Academic achievement -- Methods, African Americans -- Education -- Methods, Education -- Parent participation, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, General interest, Education, Aims and objectives, Methods
Abstract

IT'S never too early or too late for a parent to become a teacher. In this age of teacher accountability, endless school testing, increased pressure and competition, and the proliferation [...]

Published
2002

19. Starting off right

Author

Paige, Rod

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, Early childhood education -- Management, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

U.S. Secretary of Education Will this new school year be a successful one for your child? Your participation is an important piece of the answer, and these tips should help [...]

Published
2004

20. A parent's checklist for school success

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, Elementary school students, School children, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Congratulations! Your child has made it through the first weeks of school--and so have you! Now your youngster must settle down to life with a new teacher, new subjects, and [...]

Published
2004

21. Getting Over Rejection, From College

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, College freshmen -- Personal narratives, Rejection (Psychology) -- Personal narratives, Education -- Parent participation, College, Choice of -- Personal narratives, College applications -- Personal narratives, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=176570804 MARTIN: So let's move away from those who have the happy problem of figuring out how to succeed in college, presumably the [...]

Published
2013

22. Educating our children - The Home-School Connection

Author

Fry, Patrica L.

Subjects
School management and organization -- Methods, Home and school -- Methods, Parenting -- Methods, Parent-teacher relationships -- Appreciation -- Methods, Education -- Parent participation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Appreciation, Methods
Abstract

Patrica L. Fry, a frequent contributor, is a publisher and writer who lives in California. One might wonder these days, upon visiting an American public school, about all those extra [...]

Published
2001

23. Babies and books

Author

MCFANN, JANE

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, Reading -- Methods, Early childhood education -- Methods, Education -- Parent participation, Education, General interest, Services, Methods
Abstract

As more and more people acknowledge the importance of reading to children from infancy, programs designed to encourage early reading are mushrooming. It is a heartwarming image: parent and child [...]

Published
2001

24. Is The Nightly Homework Battle Worth It?

Subjects
Homework, Home and school -- Methods, Parenting -- Methods, Education -- Parent participation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=164406710 MARTIN: I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. They say it takes a village to raise a [...]

Published
2012

25. Why Some Parents are Worried About the Decline of English in Malaysia

Subjects
Parents -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Home and school -- Methods, English as a second language -- Forecasts and trends -- Usage -- Educational aspects, Nationalism -- Influence, Education -- Parent participation, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.theworld.org/?p=109772 English is the predominant language of global business and diplomacy. Though there's talk of America's declining influence in the world, lots of [...]

Published
2012

26. What parents need to know

Subjects
United States. Institute of Education Sciences -- Standards, University of Pittsburgh. Learning Research and Development Center -- Standards, What Parents Need to Know About Reading and Writing (Book) -- Criticism and interpretation, Home and school -- Methods, Reading -- Methods, Information services industry -- Standards, Literacy -- Standards -- United States, Parenting -- Methods, Information services -- Standards, Education -- Parent participation, Education, General interest, Information services industry, Criticism and interpretation, Standards, Methods
Abstract

Handbook explains reading and writing in simple terms Parents have heard the following message delivered by many people, including U.S. President Bill Clinton: children should be able to read and [...]

Published
2000

27. SCHOOLS' PERSONAL TOUCH

Subjects
Pinellas County, Florida -- Educational aspects, School districts -- Management, Home and school -- Methods, Education -- Parent participation, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The Pinellas school system, in partnership with community groups, has embraced a smart new approach to reach out to struggling parents: knocking on their doors and asking, one-on-one, how they [...]

Published
2011

28. A FRESH START FOR EVERYONE; Students and teachers alike are excited about the new year and a new set of challenges

Author

Miller, Michele

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, Schedules, School -- Social aspects, Education -- Parent participation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: MICHELE MILLER; Times Staff Writer The new school year is finally breezing in, carrying with it a sense of anticipation, excitement, and at times, anxiety. This is, after all, [...]

Published
2011

29. What teachers wish parents knew?

Author

Finello, Kristen

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, Education -- Parent participation, Education -- Methods, Family and marriage, General interest
Abstract

Several top educators give some guidelines to the parents to help their kids for school success, since they are the ones who truly influence the student's life. Talking to the teachers about more than the child's grades, providing learning experiences outside the school, keeping a watch on their remarks about teachers are among some of the tips briefly explained.

Published
2004

30. School at home

Author

Marshall, Nancy

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, Parent and child -- Education, Education -- Social aspects, General interest, Home and garden
Published
1980

31. Dear Mary

Author

Killen, Mary

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, Dating (Social customs) -- Methods, Female-male relations -- Methods, Etiquette -- Methods, Education -- Parent participation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Political science
Abstract

Q. Is there a polite way of halting a wannabe novelist from reading his oeuvre aloud to an unwilling audience? A neighbour on the residents' committee happened to be leaving [...]

Published
2013

32. Class system: Is it a waste of money to send your children to private schools?

Author

Gimson, Andrew

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, Educational equalization -- Demographic aspects, School, Choice of -- Demographic aspects, Education -- Parent participation, Social classes -- Educational aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Political science
Abstract

When my wife said she thought we should educate our three children at comprehensive schools, it was with a degree of trepidation that I went along with her. I was [...]

Published
2012

33. Home schooling seminar Saturday: Conference focuses on teaching techniques, home learning laws

Subjects
Home schooling -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Home schooling -- Methods, Home schooling -- Study and teaching, Home and school -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Home and school -- Methods, Home and school -- Study and teaching, Education -- Parent participation, Education -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Education -- Methods, Education -- Study and teaching, Business, Business, regional, General interest
Published
2007

34. Encouraging young adults to read: tips for parents

Author

Gibb, Alexandria

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, Teenagers -- Education -- Methods, Youth -- Education -- Methods, Books and reading -- Methods, Education -- Parent participation, Education, General interest
Abstract

Keep reading with children. When children are young, we read to them to help them understand language and that letters on the page correspond to sounds and words. Then, as [...]

Published
2010

35. Class acts: raising healthy, happy kids

Author

Kielburger, Marc and Kielburger, Craig

Subjects
Home and school -- Methods, Parenting -- Management, Fund raising -- Educational aspects, Education -- Parent participation, Education -- Methods, Company business management, General interest, Home and garden
Published
2007

36. How to foster parental involvement

Subjects
Schools -- Public relations -- Methods, Home and school -- Methods, Parent-teacher relationships -- Methods, Education -- Parent participation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Company public relations, Public relations, Methods
Abstract

According to a study by the National Council of Jewish Women, parent involvement in their children's schools needs to be improved. To help school/ home partnerships work, the organization's Center [...]

Published
1998

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