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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.
How Screens Are Consuming Your Child’s Learning Experience: Observations from Home and School Maya Rivera, a primary teacher and mother of two, noticed a steady shift over three school years: classroom routines once anchored by books and hands-on activities were increasingly mediated by devices. Her story illustrates a wider pattern seen in many households and …
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How Community Songwriting Ignites Early Development through the Lullaby Jam Maya arrived at the museum with her three-year-old son, Leo, curious but unsure what to expect. They stepped into a packed theater where caregivers and children were already shaking maracas and responding to simple call-and-response phrases. From that first moment, the atmosphere revealed a central …
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San Antonio’s best high schools in 2025, according to Children at Risk Children at Risk Insights have become a touchstone for families and educators in San Antonio who want clear, actionable data about school performance. This section unpacks the latest report, showing how rankings were derived and what they mean for local communities. To make …
Classroom Screen Time: Teacher Perspectives on Daily Digital Exposure Ms. Rivera, a third-grade teacher at Maple Ridge Elementary, keeps a running log of how students use devices during a typical school day. She noticed patterns similar to a broader cross-section of educators: devices are omnipresent for instruction, assessment, and individualized practice. Teachers who contributed to …
Top-Rated Elementary Schools in San Antonio: Voices from Children at Risk When families seek the best options for early education in San Antonio, they often consult rankings, test scores and program descriptions. Yet the clearest sense of a school’s culture and effectiveness can come from the children themselves. In collaboration with the nonprofit Children at …
Impact of the Government Shutdown on Texas Head Start Centers and the Emerging Child Care Crisis The recent Government Shutdown has forced a sudden reckoning for early childhood systems across Texas. Programs that rely on rolling federal disbursements — notably the Head Start Program — faced immediate interruptions in late autumn, leading some classrooms to …
The Need for STEM Education in the United States: How Orion STEM Schools Lead the Way Across classrooms and communities, the demand for deep, applied learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics has never been clearer. Employers and higher-education programs increasingly seek students who can think across disciplines, manage data, and collaborate on complex challenges. …
Yemen’s Lost Generation: Scale of the Education Collapse and the Human Cost The story of education in Yemen since 2015 is one of systemic breakdown and human loss. Conflict has turned classrooms into ruins and corridors into provisional learning spaces. As an education specialist observing the situation closely, I follow the path of a young …
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Community-led Shelter Responses in Mali: How Local Action Becomes a SafeHaven Around the rural towns and peri-urban neighborhoods of Mali, communities have learned that shelter is more than a roof; it is the foundation for education, dignity, and recovery. In the story of Awa, a volunteer teacher and community organizer from Mopti, we see how …
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San Antonio school districts downgraded in new ratings: understanding why the city tops Texas in failing schools San Antonio has become a focal point in discussions about public education across Texas. The recent release by Children at Risk — a prominent advocacy group — shows that the city has the highest proportion of Failing Schools …