What Students Can Learn from College Football
What’s not to love about fall? Pumpkin candles, apple pie, cooler temperatures (only 87 in the ATL today), and campfires on a brisk night. However, I look forward to fall […]
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Midyear Tune-Up
Just like cars need tune-ups for optimal performance, students can also benefit from academic tune-ups, and midyear is the perfect opportunity to do this. As the year progresses, students often […]
Raising Good Students – But You Don’t Know My Child’s Teacher
For the final post in Raising Good Students, I wanted to address the all-too-common problem of student/teacher conflict. The reality is sometimes students have personality conflicts with teachers. The reality […]
Raising Good Students – The Entitled Generation
Generation Y has been called by the New York Times the “entitled generation.” This is no surprise to the classroom teacher. Almost everyday during “teacher lunch” (25 minutes of choking […]
Raising Good Students – Don’t Do Your Kid’s Homework
At the end of last year, a parent told me that she was so glad the school year was over so she would not have to do hours of homework […]
Raising Good Students – Lifelong Learning
The norm today is students often complain about schoolwork. As a teacher, I take responsibility for some of this knowing that teachers often make learning dull, tedious, and unrelated to […]
Raising Good Students – Part One
Parents are always asking me what they can do at home to help their child succeed in the classroom, so I’ve decided to weigh in the next few weeks with […]
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