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What to Expect in Fifth Grade
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What to Expect in Fifth Grade
Suddenly you're the parent of a fifth grader. Here's what to expect from the curriculum.
5th grade
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Easing into Middle School
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Easing into Middle School
Here are four ways you can help your child navigate middle school.
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Teach Your Child Cell Phone Etiquette
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Teach Your Child Cell Phone Etiquette
How much is too much when it comes to cell phones? From setting clear expectations to putting a cap on inappropriate behavior, Cindy Post Senning, great-granddaughter of manners guru Emily Post, has a lot to say on the subject.
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Money Talks: Making Allowance Count
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Money Talks: Making Allowance Count
Of all the factors you have to weigh as a parent, allowance is one of the trickiest. Should you give allowance or just give your kids money when they need something?
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The Diversity Debate
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The Diversity Debate
In the world of public schools, many school district's admissions policies use a student's racial identity as a “tie-breaker” to maintaining racial diversity.
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Physical Milestones: Kindergarten
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Physical Milestones: Kindergarten
Here's a breakdown of what a kindergartener should be able to do physically, so you can keep your child on track:
Kindergarten
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Taking the Angst Out of Analogies
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Taking the Angst Out of Analogies
Analogies don't have to be a headache. Especially if you introduce them early and make them fun!
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7th and 8th Grade Writing: What to Expect
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7th and 8th Grade Writing: What to Expect
Is your seventh or eighth grader engaged in an ongoing battle with the written word? Here's what you can do to help.
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7th and 8th Grade Reading: What to Expect
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7th and 8th Grade Reading: What to Expect
Is your seventh or eighth grader battling books? Here's what you can do to help.
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How To Avoid a "Locker Shocker"
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How To Avoid a "Locker Shocker"
Is your child locker-ready? Here are expert parenting tips on how to make the transition between cubby and locker a smooth one.
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A Rich World of Thinking: National Standards for English Language Arts
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A Rich World of Thinking: National Standards for English Language Arts
If a student can't read, virtually every other subject becomes impossible. Here is a parent's guide to national standards for English Language Arts.
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Assessments: What They Are and What They Mean
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Assessments: What They Are and What They Mean
Are standardized tests the only way? Why more and more teachers are relying on "multiple assessments."
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3 Questions Every Parent Has a Right to Ask
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3 Questions Every Parent Has a Right to Ask
Worried about Pushy Parent Syndrome? Well, here are three questions you have every right to ask your child's educator.
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When You Need to Talk to Your Child's Teacher
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When You Need to Talk to Your Child's Teacher
Here are some practical dos and don'ts for speaking with your child's teacher.
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College for Kids with Special Needs
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College for Kids with Special Needs
If you are the parent of an autistic or other special needs child, you may never have imagined that college was a possibility. However, a college diploma may not be so far off.
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Make a Personalized Newspaper!
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Make a Personalized Newspaper!
Working like a team of investigative journalists, you and your high schooler can use your birth dates to create personalized front pages of a newspaper.
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Your First Grader's Social Life
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Your First Grader's Social Life
Whether it's on the playground or when adult backs are turned, a first grader's peer relationships can tell a lot about what is, and isn't, on their minds.
1st grade
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Beyond Basic Access: Best Universities for Students with Physical Disabilities
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Beyond Basic Access: Best Universities for Students with Physical Disabilities
If your son or daughter uses a wheelchair or needs significant assistance with daily living activities, you may want to consider one of these ten schools.
High school
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From Hogwarts to Hawthorne
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From Hogwarts to Hawthorne
According to this high school English teacher all the Harry Potter clubs, Internet groups, book release parties, and hype leaves something to be desired.
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Your 3rd Grader's Social Life
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Your 3rd Grader's Social Life
Wondering about your third grader's social life? Here's the skinny on what's going on.
3rd grade
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Your 2nd Grader's Social Life
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Your 2nd Grader's Social Life
Wondering about your second grader's social life? Here's the skinny on what's going on.
2nd grade
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Top Ten Backpack Essentials
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Top Ten Backpack Essentials
The school year's coming fast! Here's some loot to make your kids smile on their way to the bus stop.
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Girls and Science: The Wave of the Future?
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Girls and Science: The Wave of the Future?
As our economy goes global, math, science, and technology are bigger than ever - and these fields are precisely those in which girls have been traditionally underrepresented.
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Readers May Get A Boost from Congress
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Readers May Get A Boost from Congress
Once a child reaches middle school they no longer need help with reading, right? Wrong, according to the new and improved Striving Readers Act recently introduced in the United States House and Senate
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Legislators Look to Turn Around Drop-Out Rate
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Legislators Look to Turn Around Drop-Out Rate
Though the notorious No Child Left Behind Act is supposed to guide all public schools, high schools get left by the wayside.
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