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Maximizing Student Performance on Standardized Tests
For over a decade, the public school system in North America has seen an unprecedented amount of pressure placed upon educators to have students performing at higher levels than ever before. In the United States, the introduction of the No Child Left Behind legislation in 2011 established that each state have some form of standardized ...
Managing Your Morning Schedule
Mornings can be a very hectic time of day for families. Getting your children to school on time can be a challenge especially if they are fighting for the bathroom or finishing up homework at the breakfast table. Teacher’s appreciate having students ready to go in the morning so it is important to make sure ...
Effective Team Strategies: Understanding Group Roles
Quite often during a student’s educational career, he or she will often encounter various group creative assignments where cooperation between team members is essential to the success of the project. Proceeding without this cooperation would lead to a lack of productivity and a failed project or assignment, should the group fail to rally itself with ...
Motivating Students Without Rewards
One of the most common concerns among parents revolves around student motivation, and how to get students motivated. The easy answer is offering rewards for students, whether it is money, free time, or other “bribes”. However, providing these types of incentives could result in students expecting rewards constantly and relying on incentives in order to ...
Hobbies and Activities to Stimulate the Educational Mind
A common problem amongst children in modern times is the general disinterest in anything and everything educational. Many parents are having a difficult time trying to inspire their students to focus and complete all of their schoolwork because students are simply not seeing the relevancy of their assignments to their interests. However, stimulating the desire ...
Building Great Parent-Teacher Relationships
Establishing a strong relationship between parents and their child’s teacher is vital in ensuring the academic success of the student. Here are some tips for creating a positive relationship with your child’s teacher and establishing good communication habits. Parent-Teacher Interviews Parent-teacher interviews can seem insignificant especially if your child is doing well in class, but it is ...
The Importance of the Arts in the Classroom
Too often in today’s schools, an emphasis is placed on subjects like Mathematics, Language Arts, and Science. Although these topics certainly have their place in the curriculum, subjects like visual arts and music have found their way onto the back-burner of education. However, the importance of the Arts in the classroom have been proven to ...
Setting Goals the SMART Way
It is a common occurrence for educators to tell their students to set goals during the school term. However, just as common is the inability of students to meet all of the goals they have set for themselves. This can lead to students becoming frustrated with the process of goal-making and subsequently lead to a ...
Tips to Be “Green” at Home and School
With global warming and pollution continuously in the news today, it can be difficult to know where to start when it comes to making a difference. Here are some easy tips to help your household stay green; it turns out helping the environment can help give your family budget a boost as well! Recycle & Reuse ...
Public versus Private Grade School
One of the most difficult educational decisions for parents involves determining whether they should send their children to a public or a private grade school. There are a number of different factors which should be taken into consideration, and below are a few of the options which families may wish to consider: Finances Perhaps the ...
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