by Beth Holmes | Aug 14, 2023 | Parent Issues
Back to School is back again, and here are a few things teachers would like the parents of their new cohort of students to keep in mind. Teachers begin the year with a lot on their minds. They have to get to know twenty to thirty new kids, with all of their needs and...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 3, 2023 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Transitioning students will face new roadblocks in UK schools under the dictates of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. On Sunday, video surfaced of Sunak publicly making derogatory jokes about men who support trans women, saying that doing so makes them unfit to lead the...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 19, 2023 | News, Parent Issues
Avoiding the summer slide takes parental involvement, teachers say. Here are some of their tips. According to teachers, the long summer break often leads to a breakdown of skills learned over the past year, the so-called “summer slide.” It can set students back when...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 12, 2023 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
The Bible may wind up banned in Utah schools for ‘vulgarity or violence,’ as parents push back against draconian laws meant to censor LGBT and anti-racist content. In 2022, Utah passed a law banning any book containing “pornographic or indecent” content...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 5, 2023 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
The Stay Safe book, sent home with very young children in Dallas, Texas, is using Winnie the Pooh and Piglet to teach kids how to stay safe in a mass shooting. Stay Safe was produced by a law enforcement consulting firm in Houston to present the FBI-advised tactics...
