Scholastic Parents provides information about child development, tips on how to support your child’s academic and social growth in school, booklists, and themed activities for learning at home..
Games, author information, and activities based on favorite kids’ books — including Magic School Bus, Clifford, Goosebumps, Captain Underpants, Harry Potter, I Spy, and The Babysitters Club. They also offer a community for older students called “The Scene” with message boards, favorite reads, widgets, and more.
This article discusses the challenges in providing psychoeducational services to the rapidly increasing minority populations in the U.S. and offers a brief elaboration of the role and function of school counselors and school psychologists and how they can meet the mental health and educational needs of this large and growing population.
Learn about factors related to school culture, teaching climate, and school-wide discipline practices that can aid or hinder a student with ASD’s educational progress.
Walk into any truly excellent school and you can feel it almost immediately — a calm, orderly atmosphere that hums with an exciting, vibrant sense of purposefulness. This is a positive school culture, the kind that improves educational outcomes.
The backpack is packed, the lunch money is in hand, and oh it’s time for a new school year! Getting ready for school means a lot of changes — a new grade, teachers, friends, and routines, but it’s all fun and safe when shared within the covers of a book. Kids ages 3-9 will enjoy the recommended children’s books on this list, which are all about going to school.
Effective school reading programs in schools share certain characteristics, from sound methods and materials to quality professional development and administrative practices. Learn about eight features of research-based school reading programs.
