Balancing the demands of academics, sports, extracurricular activities, and a social life can be daunting for students.
In this blog, we’re sharing three tested time management tips for students with jam-packed schedules who are trying to manage it all.
Be careful assuming your A or B students don’t need extra support. Thanks to grade inflation, good grades don’t always equal subject mastery.
How is the school year going for you and your family so far? It’s around this time of year that assignments can pile up, calendars can fill up, and stress can build for the entire family. Add a child’s disorganization or poor time management to the mix, and things quickly go from bad to worse. That’s … Read more
Speaking of focusing on results over learning, this week I want to share a short excerpt from Getting Past Procrastination that addresses how you can work with your child to create a better learning environment. Whenever our kids think we only care about grades or a completed assignment, they will be tempted to take shortcuts. … Read more
“The purpose of education is not to sort kids-it’s to grow kids. Teachers need to coach and mentor, but with grades, teachers turn into judges.” That’s a quote from this Edutopia piece, which questions the value of letter grades as we look towards how we might assess students differently in the future. Although it’s unlikely … Read more