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The Parent-School Relationship
I was recently reading a post by Heather Wolpert-Gawron (a.k.a. TweenTeacher) titled What Kind of Relationship Will I Have With My Child’s School? It caught my attention since I’ve recently had a good...
View ArticlePreparing for College at an Online School
Every year, high school students from around the country graduate unprepared for what lies ahead. The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education recently reported that nearly 60 percent of...
View ArticleThe Three Keys to a Strong Work Ethic
Going about our daily lives, navigating work, school, and other responsibilities involves a constant flow of decisions, and how we make those decisions can depend heavily on the work ethic instilled in...
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Five Key Ingredients for Parent Involvement in Education
There is no end to the research and statistics that tell us that if we are involved with our children, they will have increased success at school and in life. The Michigan Department of Education cites...
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Preschool Learning at Home: Mom Bloggers Review Embark12
The preschool years are crucial in a child’s development. Unfortunately, early education is underfunded, and can be prohibitively expensive for parents—in some cities preschool tuition can equal that...
View ArticleOnline School: The Teachers, the Curriculum, and Why We Keep Coming Back
Colorado Preparatory Academy (CPA) is an online public school serving students in grades K-12. CPA opened this school year and we were among the very first to enroll. Although we are all new to CPA,...
View ArticleUnderstanding Autism Spectrum Disorder: Perspectives from a Parent and Teacher
In honor of Autism Awareness Month beginning tomorrow, I wanted to share some information about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), some of the tools that have worked in education for students with autism,...
View ArticleBeing Your Student’s Advocate
One of the main reasons that I, as a parent, decided to pull my two children out of the small brick and mortar school they were attending, was because my oldest wasn’t receiving the curriculum-specific...
View Article‘He Doesn’t Look Autistic,’ and Other Autism Misconceptions
This article originally appeared on the Buffington family blog. Raising two sons with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), has helped me to see, in a very personal way, what ASD can look like. Before...
View ArticleSummer Schedule: Let Them Play, Let Them Learn
No matter how tight of a ship you run during the school year, it’s time to loosen up a bit. As you plan your summer schedule, remember that it can be a great time for decompression, exploration, and...
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How and Why I Began Homeschooling My Kids
As a longtime homeschooling parent, I often field at least one request for help per week from friends or even acquaintances about homeschooling. “I think I want to bring my child home from school. But...
View ArticleStudent Success Stories: Parent Involvement in Education
Online learning, sometimes referred to as homeschool, has led to student success for thousands of families. This series, Student Success Stories, features highlights from What’s your Story?, a site...
View ArticleStudent Success Stories: Giving School Focus
Online learning, sometimes referred to as homeschool, has led to student success for thousands of families. This series, Student Success Stories, features highlights from What’s your Story?, a site...
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Back to School: Best School Supplies for Preschool Students
Regardless of whether you are attending a brick and mortar or online school, back-to-school season is a great time to start fresh with simple ideas that make a big impact. School supplies are a...
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Back to School: Best School Supplies for Elementary Students
Regardless of whether you are attending a brick-and-mortar or online school, back-to-school season is a great time to start fresh with simple ideas that make a big impact. School supplies are a...
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Back to School: Best School Supplies for Middle School Students
Regardless of whether you are attending a brick-and-mortar or online school, back-to-school season is a great time to start fresh with simple ideas that make a big impact. School supplies are a...
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Back to School: Best School Supplies for High School Students
Regardless of whether you are attending a brick-and-mortar or online school, back-to-school season is a great time to start fresh with simple ideas that make a big impact. School supplies are a...
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Back to School: The Most Important Items for Your To-Do List
Back-to-school season is filled with excitement from the anticipation of what the school year may hold, but how can you stretch that feeling to last throughout the year? We checked in with mom experts,...
View ArticleBack to School: A Parent’s Perspective on First Day of School Nerves
I’ve been lucky. I work for K¹². I worked for NASA. I taught some of the best students in physics and math at several schools. But a couple weeks ago, they came. The First Day of School Nerves. My son,...
View ArticleMom Finds an Affordable Preschool Learning Solution
Christina W. wanted something more for her 4-year-old daughter Savannah. She had tried several free online preschool activity programs, but Savannah found them difficult to interact with on her own....
View ArticleMotivating Teens: How To Connect College To High School Learning
Motivating teenagers can seem like a battle we are never going to win as parents. We yell, punish, remove privileges and even offer incentive for (read: bribe) our kids all in an effort to get them to...
View Article7 Tips For How to Motivate Teenagers
If you are a parent to a teenager, you know the struggles of figuring out how to motivate teenagers in the right ways. Be it in academics, sports or household responsibilities, creating a sense of...
View Article3 Ways to Make Students Listen
Getting kids to listen can be a struggle at times. I know when I was in high school, listening was not my primary focus. I was too busy working on my social skills and writing notes to friends instead...
View ArticleWhy Online Education?
When a family decides to use online education as opposed to the traditional brick-and-mortar setting, it’s for a good reason. While those reasons are varied, students who fall into the following...
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The Best Thing to Happen in Education
We asked teachers, parents, educational influencers, and experts what they thought the best thing to happen in education was. Here’s what they had to say: “Without a doubt, the most important thing to...
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How Will We Change Education by 2020
We asked teachers, parents, educational influencers, and experts how they thought education would change by 2020. Here’s what they had to say: “ROWS!!!! Rows [(children seated in rows)] were...
View ArticlePreparing Your Child for Leadership: 5 Parenting Habits to Avoid
As parents, we lead by example. But it is all too easy to lead kids astray with our own inadvertent flaws. What kinds of behaviors should you avoid if you want your child to grow up to be a healthy and...
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