 |
-
Increasing Parental Involvement
-
Robert Cross -
PARENT INVOLVEMENT IS THE KEY
Parents and teachers working together are crucial components in supporting children's academic success. Consistency in a child-learning environment from parents and teachers results in better attendance and homework habits (Quigley, 2000). The general literature reflects the kinds of parent involvement as including attending parent teacher conferences, telephone and written home-school communications, attending school functions, parents serving as classroom volunteers, homework assistance/tutoring, home
-
Read More
-
Be first to comment this article | Views: 366| More from this author
-
The Menacing Nature of Bullying
-
Michele Coyne, Ed.D.
Do we just know more about bullying today or has it become worse? This is a familiar inquiry made about a myriad of social issues, and is also a typical question posed by audiences receiving anti-bully training, and the answer is…well, both.
We kn
-
Read More
-
Be first to comment this article | Views: 1207| More from this author
-
Social Foundations
-
Christopher Hanks, Ph.D.
"My job is to convince you not to become teachers." I often begin introductory courses in the social foundations of education with this statement. It's not entirely true, of course. I do hope that many of my students become teachers, and good ones at that. But I also want them to think hard about why they are entering the field of education, and who they will be as a professional educator. These are some of the questions that social foundations help students explore.
-
Read More
-
Be first to comment this article | Views: 2529| More from this author
-
Why Service Learning is Such a Good Idea
-
Shelley Billig, Ph.D. -
Research shows that service learning is a popular innovation in schools, with about 38% of all students in the United States participating in school-based service (Corporation for National and Community Service, 2006).
Anecdotes about the value of service learning abound, and rigorous research is beginning to validate the impacts that many practitioners note (see, for example, Billig, 2001; Billig, 2010; Furco & Root, 2010). The studies collectively show that service learn
-
Read More
-
Be first to comment this article | Views: 4309| More from this author
-
Service Learning: Engagement, Action, Results!
-
Cathryn Berger Kaye -
Have you noticed? We are experiencing a global groundswell of service. The issues we face as a planet have now risen to a level that calls more of us to action. Through service learning, we can engage our young people in learnin
-
Read More
-
Be first to comment this article | Views: 3056| More from this author
|