Education World – Cathy Rubin
“It’s back to school time! In an effort to help their children and their schools succeed in the next academic year, millions of parents around the world are already involved in school foundations or PTA’s to support teachers and administrators with their critical work of educating a fresh set of young minds. I vividly remember my own head of school reminding me as a parent that the learning journey is a partnership between us the school, and you the parent. In other words, we are all in this together, so What are the best ways parents can help teachers and that teachers can help parents? New Zealand based Richard Wells (@iPadWells) elaborates on the expression, “it takes a village to raise a child,” offering tips to make the process of teacher-parents collaboration easy and effective. One notable tip is having students keep a daily a log that both parents and teachers can keep track of.”(more)