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 [...]