Teacher's Curriculum Institute

Impossibly, my oldest daughter will begin middle school next year.
We are fortunate to live in a Bay Area community not unlike Lake Wobegon where all the children are high achieving (and schools are great, parents are involved, etc). All three of our middle schools offer a Laptop Program. Enrolled students use their laptops in their [...]

My colleague Dawn shared great ideas and tips on how teachers can make back to school night successful. My experience with back to school night is as a parent. In fact, I went to my daughters’ back to school night on Tuesday so my experience is fresh.
What I appreciate as a parent

Questionnaire on day one   [...]

Pardon my split personality disorder in this post as you may hear my social studies consultant voice and my parenting voice as well. Not that the responses or comments should differ, however…
I was a bit bothered recently as I checked over my daughter’s homework assignments for correctness and questioned her for understanding (the teacher in [...]

As a teacher I know all about the various learning styles, multiple intelligences, etc.  As a parent, I am having to do my research to determine which parenting style best suits me and my family…and I think I am different depending on the season!
Depending on your location in the country, you may or may not be [...]