Reading Is Fundamental
Reading Is Fundamental: Tips and Resources
Here are some ideas to encourage reading for children of all ages as well as the whole family to try. It provides reading tools including a new literary assessment tool "Literacy Tracker."
PBS
Pbs: Establishing Strong Family School Communication
A comprehensive site devoted to strengthening the ties between families and schools. Ideas for keeping channels of communication open and for helping teachers understand and appreciate your child. Sound advice with links to do's and...
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Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Department of Education: Improving Student Achievement [Pdf]
In 2009, a Virginia Department of Education stakeholder group on parent involvement in public schools disseminated a questionnaire to over 1000 parents, teachers, and school administrators across Virginia. Recipients were asked to share...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: How Can I Help My Child Do Well on Tests?
Standardized testing is one form of assessment used in schools. Find out about standardized tests, how and why schools use them, and how you can support your child.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Extracurricular Excitement
This is a very general overview of the benefits to be obtained through joining extracurricular activities.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Improve Reading Achievement for African American Students
This article includes research recommendations in the areas of standardized testing, teacher quality, after-school programs, parent involvement, reading and study skills, and computer games and simulations.
Sea World Parks & Entertainment
Sea World: Bony Fish Reproduction
Provides information about bony fish reproduction including modes, behavior, development, species dispersal and parental involvement.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Helping With Homework
What is the balance between actually doing the homework or refusing to help? Here are some possible answers from math teachers.
Other
Metamorphic Rocks Chart [Pdf]
A useful chart that explains the processes involved in transforming parent rocks into metamorphic rocks. Shows the two categories of metamorphic rocks produced, one by regional metamorphism and the other by contact metamorphism; their...
US Department of Education
Us Dept. Of Education: Steps You Can Take to Improve Your Children's Education
There are some proven steps that you can take to improve your child's education such as reading at home together and limiting the use of the TV. Find more advice from the US Dept. of Education.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Como Acercarse a Los Padres De Los Estudiantes Ell
Los estudiantes que estan aprendiendo ingles (ELL) se benefician cuando sus padres participan en su educacion igual que los otros estudiantes. Algunos padres hispanos pueden sentir aprension acerca de participar debido a su limitado...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Four Steps to Finding an Excellent Tutor for Your Child
Whether your child is lost in a haze of elementary grammar rules, sinking fast in a jumble of Newton's laws in middle school, or lost in the details of an AP biology class, you need help quickly, before your child falls way behind the...
Crayola
Crayola: The Art of Childhood
A treasure trove of ideas for supercharging children's creativity.
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts: Imagine! Introducing Your Child to the Arts
Creative play with a purpose! Information, from the National Endowment for the Arts, to encourage and guide your children in understanding and appreciating the arts. Learn how to engage them in arts of all sorts: writing, dance, music,...
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Activities
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 13 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 13. This collection...
The College Board
College Board: Extracurricular Acitivities; Life Outside the Classroom
Here are some thoughts on how colleges look for extracurricular activities or a "passion for an activity outside of the academic setting."
US Department of Education
Academic Success: A Tool Kit for Hispanic Families
This resource is a tool kit for parents, available in English and in Spanish, prepared by the U.S. Department of Education. It tells parents how to help their children through school, from preschool and on to middle and high school.
US Department of Education
Academic Success: A Tool Kit for Hispanic Families
This resource is a tool kit for parents, available in English and in Spanish, prepared by the U.S. Department of Education. It tells parents how to help their children through school, from preschool and on to middle and high school.
Other
All Family Resources: Advocating for Your Child
Often times being an advocate for you child can involve anticipating problems and having a professional diagnose these potential issues. This article lists symptoms that could be indicators of a child's emotional problems.
The College Board
College Board: Take Control of Homework
A short but helpful list of tips to help high-school students take control of their homework.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Mice Rule! (Or Not)
Students explore the relationships between genetics, biodiversity, and evolution through a simple activity involving hypothetical wild mouse populations. First, students toss coins to determine what traits a set of mouse parents...
American Institutes for Research
Center on Response to Intervention: A Family Guide to Response to Intervention
This family guide provides an overview of the basic components of RTI and includes questions parents may want to ask their child's school regarding how they can get involved in the RTI process. The guide also addresses the relation of...
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Earth Day, April 22
Save the world one step at a time. A fantastic tribute to Earth Day events and what students, teachers and parents can do to make a difference by going green. Learn about the various activities across the country and discover how you can...
Other
Escort: Educating Migrant Children
With links and resources, this organization uses federal funding (among other sources) to run a hotline for migrant farm workers and their families (National Migrant Education Hotline), to publish teaching kits (for teachers at all...
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