How to Meet Your Parenting Goals this School Year

A new school year arrived this month, and with it came parenting goals of homework schedules and mandatory home enrichment time. As parents, we want

Nonfiction Reading Matters: 3 Ways to Support Literacy in the #FakeNews age

Understanding nonfiction and informational writing is essential to our survival in adulthood. We need to discern the dosage for medications, criteria for job applications, ingredients to

Grades in Schools: 2 Reasons to Walk Away

Grades are the core of traditional American education. Many tasks that students, teachers, and administrators complete have something to do with earning, assigning, or monitoring grades.

Competency-Based Education in K-12

As I begin planning the type of classroom I want for my children, I find myself embracing competency-based education (CBE) more and more. In fact, it

#TeachingParents Summer Learning Activities for Home

Summer is here, which means thousands of children are at home getting into everything. School is just a quickly fading memory, and learning (while occurring

#TeachingParents: A Series—How to Check Reading Comprehension at Home

I received a request from a parent asking about the steps to supporting and growing children’s reading comprehension at home. That is a valid and

Ignoring Students to Perform Education

I am convinced that students are capable of directing their own educational experiences at any age. Educational philosophers like Maria Montessori believed the same, and

Needed: More Critical Readers & Thinkers

If there’s anything that my engagement on social media has shown me, it’s the vastness of adult Americans who lack critical reading and thinking abilities. Initially, I wanted

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