As things begin to heat up on the Presidential election front, it’s only natural that children – young and old – will overhear something and begin asking questions. With the current tone and vitriol being dispensed in some debates and the media, it becomes increasingly difficult to explain to younger children how to make sense […]
How To Handle Election Season Negativity
This presidential election season has been interesting, to say the least. As the primary season rolls on it seems that the candidates have taken to some extreme – perhaps inflammatory and questionable – measures to gain voters. For some of them, they’re no longer talking about policies and planning, or trying to win over the […]
Common Core and the Presidential Election
Oh Common Core. Love it or hate it, it’s definitely a talking point among parents, educators, and – now that it’s election season – Presidential Candidates. In case you’ve missed it – or your child hasn’t taken home a math problem that has the most complicated rules to solving it (because old school adding and […]
The Cost of a Snow Day
Every winter students (and many teachers and staff!) cross their fingers at the sighting of snow flurries, hoping that it’ll get them a snow day – a glorious day off from school where they can frolic and play. So what if it tacks on an extra day at the end of the year – the […]
The Great Debate – School Start Times
As school boards and administrations begin looking ahead to the 2016-2017 school year (can you believe it?!), the issue of school start times has been coming up frequently. Over the last few years many professionals – in both the education and medical fields – have tauted the benefits of later start times for students in […]
The Importance of Recess
Recess. In a society plagued with a desire to always be the best, and statistics that point out that the United States is trailing other developed countries in mathematics and science, it may seem like an unnecessary frivolity. Surely, you may think, students would benefit more from 15 minutes more of math lessons than time […]
How To Avoid A PTO / PTA Horror Story
It’s a story we hear all too often, and hope never happens to our organizations: late last August the president of the South Middle School PTA in Arlington Heights, VA was charged with stealing funds from the PTA’s accounts. The former PTA president, who ultimately pled guilty to charges of forgery and theft, was using […]
A Refreshing Fundraiser
A week or so ago a letter from a brutally honest PTA made the rounds on the Internet – finally giving busy parents the out they’ve been looking for. In case you haven’t seen it, the letter was basically giving parents the option to make a donation to the PTA that would exempt them from […]
Get Your Students Ready For The School Year
Students go to school to get an education for a better life. However, many of the habits needed to truly be successful are learned outside the classroom, and developing good habits that will help students of all ages succeed can never start too early. The routines below will help students in school and for the […]
July 2015 Newsletter
Did you miss our July 2015 newsletter? Check it out now!
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- Next Page »