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Ask the Teacher: Maintaining Academic Motivation

Can you tell me how to help my son stay motivated through a mid-fall slump? He starts out the school year so excited and...

Ask the Teacher

Sign-ups for fall sports and activities start in just a few weeks. The options and commitments are overwhelming. What is a reasonable amount of afterschool activity...

Ask the Teacher: Phasing Out Physical Education

Our school has removed physical education teachers and has replaced them with more STEM teachers. Why isn’t the health and physical well-being of our...

Ask the Teacher: Classroom technology

I have a great deal of concern about the increased use of technology in classrooms at our son’s elementary school. It seems that more...

Ask the Teacher: Do-over assignments

I am very surprised that my fifth grade daughter is allowed to re-do assignments, including re-taking tests. I am concerned that she is not...

Making Required Reading a Positive Experience

My son’s teacher requires him to read for twenty minutes five nights a week. We spend twice that amount of time trying to get...

Math Facts

When I attended Parent Night for my third grade son, I was surprised when the teacher said that she would not be emphasizing math...

Bullying programs

I have a hard time imagining that bullying is any worse than it ever was. Some kids are just mean. Why is so much...

ADD, internet safety, introverted kids

When my husband and I went to our son’s spring conference, his teacher said that she thought my son had ADD. I just do...

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