Parent Partnership

The coronavirus creates a unique challenge for students with special needs—educators share recommendations for apps to support learning at home.

These questions will help you draw out important information from your kids.

Back-to-school content is usually focused on teachers and students, and as these two groups will have the largest workload ahead of them, that makes sense. But for students, the ultimate support system is not an expert teacher, but an informed and supportive family.

Introducing computer programming to your kids can be a challenge, especially for those who aren’t familiar with the nuances of code. Fortunately, in the last few years, a number of apps, software, and guides have been produced that make the often-complex subject of computer coding easy to grasp for young learners. So where to begin? These are a few resources that parents can share with their kids to help them start learning about programming.

Setting a goal of positive contact with every student’s family helped a middle school teacher deepen relationships and boost her own morale.

Educators face challenges, funding issues, and problems beyond their control. But for each student and family, it’s all about the relationship they will have with their child's teacher.

A set of questions that will help teachers form partnerships with parents in support of their children’s learning.

With clear goals, timed exercises, and games, parents can help design home-study habits by tailoring them to their students' visual, kinesthetic, musical, or social strengths.

Advice that teachers can share with the parents of middle and high school students about how to get the most out of time spent studying.

Browse a curated list of resources for improving parent-teacher conferences, including ideas for highlighting student progress, ways to encourage students to take the lead, and questions every parent should ask.

To help combat summer learning loss, Matt Davis has curated a few fun and free education resources for students and parents to use over summer break.