Practice! How to Reverse a Covid-Related Reading Slump
If your child is behind, s/he is not alone In 2022, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) conducted the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading and mathematics assessments for age 9 students to examine student achievement during the...
Choose Self-Directed Learning For Your Child
Your Child Needs to Leave School with a Love of Learning While homework and tests are pervasive in the US education system, they can be a distraction. A successful high school education is not about accumulating knowledge, it's about self-directed learning. If your...
If Memorization Is Not Learning, What Is?
Education Should Be About Learning How to Learn - Not Knowledge If your child is attending a mainstream school in the United States, you have probably realized that there is a heavy emphasis on memorization of facts, knowledge. The whole system is built around what's...
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,...
Why Schools Avoid Taking On Underlying Learning Issues
The School Role Is Instruction, NOT Learning Interventions The reality is schools take children "as is" and do their very best to get them graduated. And so, it might come as a shock, but schools are not about resolving impediments to learning. And in fact, most are...
What To Do When You’re Struggling With Numeracy Skills
One in Ten Almost one in 10 adults in the US struggle with basic math beyond third grade – that’s 36 million people – according to ProLiteracy, the world’s largest adult literacy and basic education membership advocacy...
Get A Step Ahead With Your Upcoming Parent-Teacher Meeting
With the new school year in full swing, chances are you’re tee-ing up a parent-teacher meeting sometime soon. Here’s how to make the most out of the conference so your child is on the right track for a successful academic year....
Childhood Depression and Anxiety
What Does Childhood Depression Look Like? Feelings of isolation and despair are not limited to those who display them openly. We often look at people who are alone or have trouble making friends and assume unhappiness. In the same...
Gender Bias in the Classroom
Does Gender Bias Affect Learning? If I were to tell you that boys often receive more attention, praise, and encouragement in the classroom than girls, or that girls are usually quieter, talked over, and acknowledged for listening patiently rather than speaking up,...
Fact or Fiction?
Fact or Fiction, How Do You Discern the Difference? When I was younger, an experience helped me realize fact or fiction isn't always as obvious as it may seem. I had spent a summer living and working in Rwanda. People travel there from all over the world for a chance...