#best advice for education
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.
Why COP30 in Belém Must Place Children’s Education at the Center of Climate Negotiations Mariana, a primary school teacher in Pará who grew up near the Amazon basin, wakes early to assess her classroom after a night of heavy rain. Her students’ textbooks are damp, the playground is waterlogged, and several families have temporarily relocated …
COP30: Put Children’s Education at the Heart of Climate Discussions in Belém The gathering in Belém for COP30 presents a decisive opportunity to reframe how global leaders consider the intersection of climate and learning. For advocates, the objective is clear: move education from the margins of climate policy into the central agenda. Evidence presented by …
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Transforming Overtown: Lotus House Children’s Village as a Learning Hub and Community Support Center The opening of the Children’s Village by Lotus House represents a deliberate effort to create a multi-dimensional Learning Hub and Community Support Center in the heart of Overtown. The project, completed after more than three years of planning and construction, consolidates …
PA Admission: Palestinian Authority Confesses to Prioritizing Terror Payments Over Children’s Education In a widely reported development that has reverberated through education and human rights communities, a senior Palestinian Authority official publicly acknowledged that the PA places higher priority on providing financial rewards to convicted attackers and families of deceased militants than on fully funding …
Animated Song Introduces the Dalai Lama’s Four Principal Commitments to Young Learners In 2025, the Department of Education of the Central Tibetan Administration released an Animated Song that distills the Dalai Lama‘s Four Principal Commitments into a format tailored for children. This initiative, timed to honor the Year of Compassion and the celebration of Tibetan …
Why Universal Age-13 Reading Tests Fail to Solve the Literacy Crisis Maya, a fictional chair of governors at a large secondary school in a deprived coastal town, watches cohorts arrive in Year 7 with very different reading profiles. Maya knows that simply adding a universal test at age 13 will not suddenly close the gap …
Indiana’s New Literacy Standards and the Surge of Third Grade Retention The passage and enforcement of Indiana’s new literacy standards has generated nationwide attention because of its immediate effect on promotion decisions. School districts across the state implemented stricter benchmarks linked to the IREAD assessment, and as a result roughly 3,000 third graders were asked …
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Ed Sheeran and the Curriculum Shift: What the 2025 Reforms Mean for Music Education The announcement that the national curriculum in England will be rebalanced for creative subjects marks a pivotal moment in public education policy. High-profile campaigning, notably by Ed Sheeran, helped focus attention on how sustained access to arts education can transform lives. …
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Forced Resignation in Lancashire: A mother’s case and the human cost of denied school placement Hannah Collins is one of many parents whose life changed when a suitable school placement could not be secured for her child. Living in Leyland, Lancashire, she endured a two-year wait for an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) for …
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Practical Night-Before-Exam Parenting: “Keep Your Mouth Shut and Your Door Open” as a Modern Strategy On the evening before my children’s exams, a friend texted me the phrase that changed how I behave during assessment season: “Keep your mouth shut and your door open.” That line, simple and humane, captures a parenting shift from intervention …