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Homeroom: My Son Spends Hours Studying. Then He Forgets Everything.
Are there memory tricks he could be using?
Are there memory tricks he could be using?
She’s always been a perfectionist—but in the pandemic, this tendency has gotten worse.
Online learning hasn’t been easy for them.
The availability of virtual learning means schools don’t necessarily need to shut down for the weather. But the loss of snow days is the loss of a source of joy for kids.
How do I know that he’ll be able to work independently when he gets to college?
Focus on prioritization and process, not the assignment itself.
One of my daughters can’t bear to put her book down. The other only wants to play dress-up.
As “Do the research” becomes a rallying cry for conspiracy theorists, classical information literacy is not enough.
An overemphasis on attendance puts students’ health at risk and instills the value of working through illness. The pandemic has made it clear how dangerous that is.
I’ve told her that Ms. G is struggling with her own issues in the pandemic. But getting her out the door is still a nightmare.
She says she’s “done” when she’s not. And when I try to intervene, it ends in tears.
We don’t want our children spending all day on devices—but we don’t want to deprive them of social outlets in the pandemic, either.
Our son needs structure, but he also needs to unwind. What should we prioritize?
How to talk about race in the classroom
Yes, remote schooling has been a misery—but it’s offering a rare chance to rethink early education entirely.
Chuck Yarborough on helping kids make connections between the past and the present
Robert Roth on an anti-racist approach to high-school history
“I don’t know how I’m going to get through the day. I’m not in the place that I need to be, to be positive for the kids. Give me a boost; I need a laugh.”
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Frederick K. Brewington’s education came at the end of a bitter civil-rights battle that engulfed New York State, more than a decade after Brown v. Board of Education.