By the time your child walks into their classroom for the new school year, it will probably have been about six months since they were in such a setting. With the COVID quarantine that was put into place in March, …
To say it has been an interesting last few months would be the ultimate understatement of all time. First, we had the COVID quarantine, and following that has been severe social unrest. Even if you aren’t sure if your children …
Every child has their favorite subject in school. (Of course, when I was in school a million years ago, I always used to say my favorite subjects were lunch and recess.) While those students loving math, technology, and science seem …
Every parent is always worried about the “summer learning loss” for their child during a normal summer, and this is going to be anything but your average summer. The quarantine is still in place for many parts of Illinois and …
As the quarantine continues on for many states, Illinois for example, and the school year is coming to a halt for most earlier than expected, there is currently a demand by a few governors that we continue to change the …
Every parent wants their child to grow up into a responsible citizen that does fantastic things with their life. But, unfortunately, parenting is not that easy. Not everyone can be Mike and Carol Brady and raise an incredible bunch. It …
It seems every school district has a shrinking budget for one reason or another. Either the finances given to the school are shrinking or things are just getting too expensive for the money to keep up with. Because of this, …
The process of learning to read has many stages and facets which vary among individual learners. As children advance through the elementary grades and, in fact, throughout their entire lives, they will continue to develop their reading fluency. Reading Rockets …
Elective financial literacy courses are popping up more and more in schools across the country and rightly so. Even better, many students are choosing to take these classes voluntarily. In our age of debt, mortgages, credit cards, foreclosures, and financial …