by Sarah Green | Jun 22, 2015 | Parent Issues, Student Issues
When teachers are asked what they wish parents would do to jump-start their young children before entering school, they almost universally have one answer: Get your kid reading. Now, we live in an era when ‘school’ commonly starts with early-admission...
by Sarah Green | May 14, 2015 | Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Parents are often a teacher’s toughest ‘customers.’ Hardest to please, least likely to show it when they are. It’s easy for that important relationship to get strained and adversarial. Your child’s teacher does so much for your family,...
by Sarah Green | Apr 28, 2015 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Recently, 175,000 students in New York state have opted-out of taking standardized tests. The students, and their parents, as well as educators and politicians, see the new, Common Core aligned tests as unworthy of their time. The tests are harder than in previous...
by Sarah Green | Apr 14, 2015 | Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Spotting a good teacher isn’t easy. Their best qualities are not posted on a sign outside their classroom, or easy to spot in an interview or a conversation over the snack bar at open house. You have to get in there and really see them at work. The big green...
by Sarah Green | Apr 11, 2015 | Parent Issues
It’s easy to blow off a parent-teacher conference. After all, how important can the conference be? Your teacher has the school side of things in hand, and you know your child. Right? But there are questions that teachers wish you would ask, important questions...
