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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Education
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...
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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...