As parents and educators, we know the situation with our children's emotional and mental health is at a tipping point due to the pressures and upheavals of the past two years. We fully support this declaration of emergency from the American Academy of Pediatrics, American [...]

THE RESEARCH IS IN New Research Makes a Powerful Case for PBL Two new gold-standard studies provide compelling evidence that project-based learning is an effective strategy for all students—including historically marginalized ones. By Youki Terada February 21, 2021 When Gil Leal took AP Environmental [...]

A new study found that “Children who attend schools with high suspension rates are significantly more likely to be arrested and jailed as adults – especially Black and Hispanic boys – according to new research that shines a spotlight on the school-to-prison pipeline.” At [...]

Imagine you are new to an area, and you are researching schools for your children. What qualities do you look for? Student-teacher ratios? Achievement scores? Reputation? Programs? Parent-community involvement? Now think about your unique family needs after braving the pandemic. Do other factors emerge? Safety? [...]

Parents are the most influential people in their child’s life; good or bad. Values, habits, language, and infinite skills are communicated to children in their first few years then reinforced in the years that follow. Thus, parent involvement in a child’s early years of [...]

When I reflect on my own experiences as a student, I often think about which teachers had the greatest impact on my learning and what made them so excellent. It wasn’t the popular teacher who put on the best show or the teacher who [...]

Multi-age classrooms evoke images of “Little House on the Prairie” and one room schoolhouses, but advocates of multi-age classrooms cite many benefits to children that require some attention. The Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) lists many benefits of multi-age classrooms: It forces teachers [...]