by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Oct 3, 2024
How information lag could be impacting the parent-teacher partnership Written by Over 30% of parents said their child[ren]’s teachers provided not very much or no access at all, while only 8% of teachers said they make their materials not very or not at all...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Sep 27, 2024
Rewarding teachers who make curriculum accessible to parents Written by Utah has taken commendable steps to ensure that information about curriculum is shared with parents. New polling data shows there is a perception and experience gap between how accessible parents...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Sep 19, 2024
2 ways that policymakers can support public schools trying to do more with less Written by Rather than first pursuing reform through mandates, policymakers ought to consider the value of creating rewards – which can act as incentives – for efforts the state...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Sep 11, 2024
Simple reforms to make school district websites better for parents Written by All 41 school districts have some sort of policy regarding parent access to curriculum on their website, and the majority of them (32 to be exact) were easily accessible. Of the 27 districts...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Sep 4, 2024
How nonprofit Next Step to Success teaches kids the ‘success sequence’ Written by Next Steps to Success is a nonprofit that teaches the success sequence and offers an after-school program and a full-day summer program to students in Norfolk, Virginia. Nonprofit and...
