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Parents play a crucial role in their children’s education, serving as their first teachers and lifelong champions.
This category explores the partnership between parents and educators in supporting children’s learning and development.
Articles in this category cover a range of topics, including fostering a supportive home environment for learning, promoting parental involvement in education, and nurturing critical thinking skills in children.
Whether you’re a parent looking for guidance on how to support your child’s education or an educator seeking to strengthen the home-school partnership, our articles aim to provide practical tips and insights to help families navigate the educational journey together.
Parents’ Role in Children’s English Education: Building Daily Bridges Between Home and School In many classrooms today, multilingual chatter is a sign of vitality and cultural wealth. Yet behind that richness often lies a quiet struggle: parents who want to support their children’s learning but face barriers with the English Language. Consider María, a fictional …
How Chicago Communities Rally When immigration agents Affect School Routines The early-morning routine in neighborhoods like Little Village changed when masked federal officers began conducting highly visible operations. Community leader Baltazar Enriquez became a central figure in a grassroots effort: monitoring streets, coordinating pick-ups, and using loud whistles to warn families when immigration agents were …
Greece Launches ConnectEdParents+ Initiative to Empower Parents in Children’s Education and Well-Being The Greek Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs, and Sports has launched a comprehensive national program called ConnectEdParents+ designed to place parents at the center of efforts to improve children‘s academic outcomes and emotional well-being. Backed by a dedicated public investment of roughly €3.5 …
Rising Concern Among Educators: How staff_shortages Are Reshaping School Life Across districts in 2025, a growing chorus of educators report that shrinking teams are changing the daily realities of classrooms and corridors. A survey of nearly 3,000 support staff—teaching assistants, caterers, technicians and cleaners—found that roughly three in five said there are fewer colleagues than …
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UK-wide school staff shortages: how a shrinking workforce threatens education quality Across the UK, school leaders and support staff are sounding the alarm about persistent staff shortages that are reshaping daily life in classrooms. A nationwide survey of nearly 3,000 support workers shows that almost 60% of respondents reported fewer colleagues than a year earlier, …
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South Philly Charter School Musical Sensory Garden: Design, Funding, and Inclusive Purpose The transformation of a small, tucked-away courtyard into a vibrant educational landscape at the South Philly Charter School demonstrates how intentional design fosters Creative Learning and supports diverse learners. This project, fueled by a grant from a local nonprofit, reimagined an underused space …
Using a Parents’ Address for School Enrollment: Legal and Ethical Landscape in 2025 Many families face a difficult choice when their neighborhood school district does not meet expectations. One tempting option is to list a relative’s home — often a parent’s address — on enrollment paperwork so a child can access a different school. That …
Policy Implications for Moving Special Education Oversight: Educational Policy and Reform Strategies A shift of Special Education oversight beyond the traditional Education Department raises immediate questions about Educational Policy coherence, legal obligations, and long-term accountability. Consider Ava, a fictional special education coordinator in the Midvale School District, who must interpret new federal guidance when authority …
The Growing Teacher Shortage and Its Immediate Education Impact Educators across urban and rural districts are sounding an alarm about a mounting crisis: persistent staffing shortages are eroding the capacity of schools to deliver consistent, high-quality instruction. A combination of unfilled vacancies, budget pressures and a failure to replace departing staff has left many institutions …
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Federal Oversight of Special Education in New Orleans: A Guest Perspective on the Consent Decree As both an advocate and a parent, I have watched the arc of public education in New Orleans shift dramatically since Hurricane Katrina. That storm did not just displace families and teachers; it also exposed deep, systemic failures in how …