For parents and educators, there exist three “big” ideas about the benefits of homework: Homework reinforces skills, Homework allows students to work independently and develop their self- discipline, and homework is a means for parents to keep aware of what’s happening in school. As an educator AND a parent, I believe that homework can and
Teaching Soft Skills in Our New Reality
Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make a man a more clever devil. (CS Lewis) Whether your students/children are finally back in “traditional” school or back to learning from home, this school year promises to be just as novel and unprecedented as the last. There are already so many things
Challenging Conventional Schooling in the Era of the Pandemic
Initially, my task was to put on paper the benefits of mixed-age groupings in education, a topic inspired by this era of pandemia induced homeschooling. And while I have much to say on this topic, and don’t fear, it will fill the following sentences, be warned; it will only appear relative to my much bigger
Crisis management vs. Homeschooling during the pandemic
As more and more school districts are going virtual until January and or offering virtual alternatives for families that are reluctant to send their kids to school (and also to ease transitions when school inevitably closes again) the idea of another semester of virtual / zoom school – is actually kind of a nightmare for
Some Ideas for Parents on Talking to Children About Race
Race is back in the headlines – it never really went away. Your kids are going to hear about it, from teachers, from friends, from the things they see on TV and the internet, on shows and movies and in advertising. But as a parent, you want to set the tone and you want to
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