Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts
Class Wallet Funding for Home-Based Learning in Arizona If your child attends school in Arizona or will start kindergarten in the upcoming school year, you may qualify for an Arizona Empowerment Scholarship. The program was designed to give parents and legal guardians...
Online Resources for Parents of Struggling Readers
Free Reading Resources It’s hard to overestimate the value of reading. Not only does it enrich our lives, but it can profoundly impact a child’s quality of life. Therefore, parents of struggling readers face a daunting challenge. Reading proficiency in grades 3 and 4...
Family Empowerment Scholarship (FES) in Florida – Explained
How FES-UA and FES-EO Work For Families Executive Summary - for Gemm families To qualify for home learning help (under the Unique Abilities scholarship, FES-UA): Income limits, but 50% of FL families qualified in 2021 Documented diagnosis required - listed in handbook...
Ideas to Make Reading Fun at Home
Fun Reading Opportunities are Everywhere! Research has shown that attaching reading to pleasure when they’re young is an investment in your children’s future academic success. Really, you don't need a research study to tell how important it is to attach reading to...
Managing the Summer Reading Slide for Less Than Enthusiastic Readers
Navigating the Summer Reading Doldrums Summer is always a challenge for struggling learners. The gap in learning stimulation is problematical for children who do not love learning and so do not seek it out day to day. Similarly for children who do not love reading....
Your Child’s Individual Education Program (IEP) & What You Need To Know
IEP FAQ if your child is falling behind, time to catch up becomes critical. An Individual Education Program can be tremendously helpful as not only is it legal documentation and added resources, a team of experts, it is also a plan to get your child back on track....
Summer Slide or Summer Stride?
Another Year of Lost Ground For Many You are probably aware of summer reading and learning loss - the notorious "summer slide," where learning momentum is slowed. This applies to the high percentage of children who don't love reading and who don't read independently...
IEP and 504 Plans: Everything You Need to Know
How is an IEP different to a 504 plan? Some parents will learn this year that their young child requires an Individualized Education Program, or IEP. It's possible that they're falling behind academically. It might be a physical handicap that parents are unaware of or...
The Role of Confidence in Learning and How to Nurture it
Tips to Help Your Child Blossom as a Learner We all know how important it is to nurture confidence in learning. It's the fuel that pushes us to take on new challenges and try out new things,. It helps us believe that we can succeed at something unknown. However,...
Game-Changing Books for Reluctant Readers – Part 2 (Ages 9-11)
Books That Have Inspired Many New Readers Ahh, the upper elementary grades, where kids are either really into reading or really not into reading. But don’t fret because research proves that what it takes is just the right engaging, entertaining story to turn a...