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Common Core Standards: What Parents Need to Know | |
By Ryan M. Tracy on March 25, 2013 | |
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Leveling the educational playihg field for all students regardless of their zip code is what Common Core Standards are deemed to provide. But we will need the support of our parents to truly initiate these standards in our states. Read more... |
This Week's #PTChat: Pros & Cons of Longer School Days | |
By Joe Mazza on December 9, 2012 | |
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Five states have approved adding 300 hours to school days in an effort to close achievement gaps and re-imagine the school day. Join us to discuss the pros and cons of kids spending more time at school! Read more... |
This Week's #PTChat: Parents' Guide to the Common Core | |
By Joe Mazza on December 4, 2012 | |
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The background, history and premise of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is important, but for our families, we need to break down exactly what these new standards look like for each grade level and how parents can support them in the home. The National PTA has recently published a Parents Guide to Student Success in PDF format in multiple languages. Read more... |
This Week's #PTchat - Education Through the Eyes of US Presidential Candidates | |
By Joe Mazza on October 22, 2012 | |
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This Wednesday night at 9PM EDT/6PM PST, we'll be talking politics and the future of U.S. Education on #PTchat (Parent-Teacher Chat). Nikhil Goyal (@nikhilgoya_l), a 17 year-old student and author of One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student's Assessment of School will answer questions and offer ideas during our chat according to his lens as a student attending today's schools. Read more... |
All Children Deserve Access to College | |
By Ryan M. Tracy on October 18, 2012 | |
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All children deserve access to college and we must put aside our stereotypes to believe that all children can attain college if they so desire. Read more... |
Do You Know What�s Going on in Your Children�s Schools? | |
By Meryl Ain, Ed.D. on July 19, 2012 | |
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The new school year is on the horizon and it's a perfect time to ramp up your involvement in your children's schools. Remember that an informed parent is a child's best advocate. Here's a pop quiz to test how much you know about your children's schools and your school district. Read more... |
School Bus Bullying? Who's Taking Responsibility? | |
By Rick Ackerly, Ed.M. on June 26, 2012 | |
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The recent YouTube horror show of seventh graders bullying the school bus monitor is a window into our souls—even into our collective soul. Time to do some soul searching, and a good starting question is Who is taking responsibility and who is not? Read more... |
How to Revitalize Your School-Parent Compact | |
By Marilyn Price-Mitchell, Ph.D. on May 15, 2012 | |
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Does your school have a School-Parent Compact? Is it old and dog-eared -- filed away for no one to see? With the help of the Connecticut Department of Education, your school can revitalize your compact into a meaningful collaborative tool for family engagement! Read more... |
Teaching to the Test is not Education | |
By Josette Luvmour, PhD on May 8, 2012 | |
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A child’s relationship with learning has nothing to do with testing. Teaching to the test is not education and actually reduces a student’s love for learning. Standardized testing does not even give us a good reading on a student’s learning or an educator’s effectiveness. Read more... |
What Parents & Educators Want from Student Assessments | |
By Marilyn Price-Mitchell, Ph.D. on April 19, 2012 | |
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A must-read report for parents, educators, and school administrators, "For Every Child, Multiple Measures: What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments" by the Northwest Evaluation Association provides powerful information to discuss the critical role of parents and families in children's education. Read more... |
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