Is it becoming too hard to fail? Schools are shifting toward no-zero grading policies

The Washington Post - Moriah Balingit and Donna St. George [...]

July 6th, 2016|Categories: Failure, Grades, Grading, Homework, School District, Standards-based grading, Washington, D.C.|Tags: Education, School|

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Time management critical for success

News Herald - Juliann Talkington “Learning to read, write, solve [...]

April 26th, 2016|Categories: Behavior, Child Development, Children, Discipline, Education, Family, Global Competence, Goals, Homework, Independence, Juliann Talkington, K-12, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Performance, Planning, Procrastination, School, Self-discipline, Students, Study, Talkington, Teens, Time Management|Tags: Education, School|

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How to Make Homework a Homerun for Your Child

The Huffington Post - Byron Garrett "We lead very busy [...]

February 21st, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Homework, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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A Parent Is a Terrible Thing to Waste

The Huffington Post - Bob Hildreth "Among the items ignored [...]

February 17th, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Childhood Education, Children, Education, Homework, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Reform, Teacher|Tags: Education, School|

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Kids and Homework: Backing Off Is Best

The Huffington Post - Grete DeAngelo "A recent study has [...]

February 12th, 2016|Categories: Childhood Education, Children, Homework, Parental Involvement, Parents, Youth|Tags: Education, School|

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Can parents help with math homework? YES

Thomas B. Fordham Institute - Jason Zimba, Ph.D. "Some readers [...]

January 15th, 2016|Categories: Childhood Education, Children, Homework, Math, Mathematics, Memorization, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents|Tags: Education, School|

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Child education expert Professor Carla Rinaldi warns apps can kill creativity

News.com.au Editor "HOMEWORK overload and classroom rivalry are "ruining'' Australian [...]

January 13th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Adults, Brain, Brain development, Childhood Education, Children, Competition, Computer, Computer Science, Creativity, Education, Educators, Health, Homework, Knowledge, Learning, News, Playing, School, Screen Media, screen time, Teacher, Technology, Toys|Tags: child, creativity, Education, screen time, technological|

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Effect of healthy versus unhealthy parental involvement on students’ education

The Examiner - Rohit Nandan "Parents have a great role [...]

December 11th, 2015|Categories: Education, Homework, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents|Tags: Education, School|

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Parents go back to school to be able to help kids with math homework

The Christian Science Monitor - Lucy Schouten "The parental pushback [...]

November 5th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Common Core Standards, Current Events, Education, Homework, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Whose Homework Is It, Anyway? How Parents Can Help, Not Hinder, Their Child’s Success

The Huffington Post - Tamar Chansky "One of the big [...]

October 26th, 2015|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Homework, Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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