Education Issues
Tween education issues including homework, classroom success, preparing for high school, learning challenges, and more.
The School Dress Code and Your Middle Schooler
Your middle schooler needs to know the school dress codes.
Middle School Problems Your Child Might Encounter
Prevent or troubleshoot middle school problems by knowing what to expect.
Learning Retention - Secrets to Learning Retention
Worried your kids will forget everything they learned over the summer break? Here's how parents and educators encourage learning retention in tweens.
Summer Learning Retention Tips
If you're worried your preteen will forget all he learned over the summer break, these summer learning tips will help.
A Parent/Tween Homework Contract
Help keep your tween organized with a parent/child homework contract.
Too Much Homework - Does Your Tween Have Too Much Homework?
How do you manage it when your tween brings home too much homework?
Help Your Tween Adjust to a New School Year
It's not easy transitioning from summer to a new school year, but you can help your tween adjust to a new schedule and new responsibilities.
A Back to School Guide for Parents of Tweens
If your tween or preteen is headed back to school, be it elementary school or middle school, you'll need to be prepared.
What is Middle School?
The definition and answer to the question, What is Middle School?
Middle School - How to Prepare Your Child for Middle School
The prospect of starting middle school can be daunting for some tweens. There are so many changes that take place, and they're all happening at the same time other changes are taking place. Helping your tween prepare for middle school should begin long before the first day of class. Ideally, you should begin bracing your tween for the changes...
Take a Middle School Tour with Your Tween
Before middle school begins, take a school tour with your tween.
Your Tween's School Routine - Help Your Child Organize a School Routine
Help your tween prepare for the school year with an organized school routine that works.
Prepare for Tests - Helping Tweens Prepare for Tests
Tweens have to get used to taking tests, here's how to help children prepare for tests.
The School Supplies Nearly Every Tween Needs
It doesn't matter if your tween is still in elementary school or moving up to middle school, the right school supplies are necessary for a successful year.
You Can Help Your Tween Achieve School Success
School success doesn't just happen. Here's how to have a successful school year.
The Upside of Middle School - How Middle School Can Be Fun for Tweens
Is your child hesitant to start middle school? Point out the positive to prepare your child for the changes.
Review of A Smart Girl's Guide to Surviving Middle School
A Smart Girl's Guide to Starting Middle Schoole by Julie Williams.
My tween is worried about finding her classes at her middle school.
Is your tween worried about finding her classes at her new middle school?
Review of The New Big Book of U.S. Presidents
Review of The New Big Book of U.S. Presidents
Review of Harry Houdini for Kids
A review of the book Harry Houdini for Kids by Laurie Carlson.
Parent-Teacher Conference Success
Fall is traditionally the season when parents and teachers get together to review a student's academic progress, and plan for future success. But a parent-teacher conference could come at any time of the year. Whenever it takes place, it's important to make the most of the meeting in order to help your tween succe…
Raising Money Smart Tweens
Before you offer your tween an allowance, ask yourself these important questions.
Preparing for Middle School
Middle school is a time of change but your tween can adjust quickly and easily.
Motivate Your Tween to Read
Easy ways to encourage your tween to read.
Conquer Tween Homework Challenges
There is a certain science to helping your tween complete homework assignments successfully.
Learning Disabilities
Know the signs of a learning disability in order to help your tween succeed in school.
Evaluating Gifted Programs
Is your tween gifted? Know what makes a gifted program really great.
Preparing Tweens for Middle School
The jump from elementary school to middle school can be a difficult one for tweens. Know how to help make the transition as easy as possible.
Academic Achievement and Peer Acceptance
Academic achievement during the tween years doesn't just depend on ability and school factors. Peer acceptance has a strong relation to academic achievement.
What Makes Someone a Good Student?
What makes a good student? Academic resilience, a factor related to personality, may be key to answering this question.
How to Reduce Your Child's School Stress
If you have a child headed to middle school, you need to know how to reduce school stress.
How to Find a Personal Tutor for Your Tween
Does your tween need a personal tutor? Here's how to find a tutor and make it work.
What is a School Counselor?
What does a school counselor or guidance counselor do?
Fun Locker Accessories for Your Preteen
Is your middle school student excited about having a locker? Locker accessories are a must for the stylish tween.
What Kids Need to Know About School Lockers
If your child is getting ready for middle school, here's what he'll need to know about school lockers.
How to Foster Classroom Success
Academic resilience, or perseverance through academic struggles, is key to classroom success. Parents can promote school success by encouraging a tween to have an academically resilient personality and self-beliefs.
Can Learning Disabilities Appear in Middle School?
It may seem puzzling when learning disabilities first become apparent during the tween years or later. In fact, learning disabilities can and often do first become diagnosed after the tween years have begun.
Could My Child Have a School Phobia?
When a child repeatedly refuses to attend school, you might suspect a school phobia. In fact, school refusal can happen for a number of reasons and often appears during the tween years.
Self-Discipline and School Success
Self-discipline seems to be more important than intelligence in determining success in school. A self-disciplined child has low impulsivity, high self-control and strong delay of gratification skills.
How do Tweens Change Over the Middle School Transition?
Tweens' attitude and behavior toward school is different in middle school than it was in elementary school. Learn how children change during the middle school transition and what you can do to aid in the process.
Middle School Students and Their Developmental Needs
Middle school students have a number of unique developmental needs. Are schools meeting these needs of middle school students?
Definition of Convergent Thinking
Convergent thinking is the primary type of thought assessed in traditional American schools. Learn what convergent thinking is.
Throw a Great Classroom Valentine Party
Are you planning a Valentine party for your child's classroom? Here's your planning guide.
Preparing for High School - High School Clubs
Is your preteen wondering about high school? Here's what your child should know about all those high school clubs that he can join.
What a Middle School Student Needs to Know
Make the most of middle school by preparing your student. Here's what a middle school student needs to know.
Helping Your Child Through Summer School
If your preteen is going to summer school, there's a lot you can do to help.
Year Round School - What are the Pros and Cons of Year Round Schooling?
Do you think the traditional school year is a thing of the past? What are the pros and cons of a year round school program?
What is Middle School Like?
What is middle school like? Here's what to expect from the middle school experience.
Tips on Starting Middle School - Share Your Tips on Starting Middle School
Is your child getting ready to begin middle school? What are your tips for starting middle school and making the most of the experience? What tips would you offer to a child getting ready for middle school?
Helping Your Tween Deal with School Trouble
Is your child experiencing trouble at school? School trouble is common in middle school. Here's what to look for and how to handle those sticky situations.
Locker Decorating Made Easy
Is your child using a locker this year? Locker decorating tips and ideas.
What to Expect from Middle School Orientation
If your child is attending middle school this year, here's what you'll learn from the school orientation.
Why Kids Cheat - The Reasons Behind the Behavior
There are numerous reasons why kids cheat in school. Here are a few every parent should know about.
Prevent Student Cheating, Here's How
If you're worried your middle schooler is cheating, here's what you should know on how to prevent student cheating.
Locker Tips Every Tween Should Know
If your child is headed off to middle school, these locker tips will come in handy.
Mastery Orientation
Mastery orientation helps to promote success in school. Learn what it means to have a child with a mastery orientation.
How to Help Your Child Succeed in School
There are many ways to help your child do well in school, but some methods of parent involvement work better than others. Here are research-based strategies for how to help your child succeed in school.
How Parent Involvement Benefits Kids
When a parent is involved at a child's school everyone benefits.
Getting Involved at Your Child's School
There isn't just one way to help out at school. Learn about how school-based and home-based parent involvement differ from one another.
Parents Play a Role in Helping with Schoolwork
We know that parents' involvement in education has far-reaching effects, but why? Here are the reasons parents' involvement helps so much.
How Parents and Teachers Benefit From Parent Involvement in Education
Parents and teachers both stand to gain from having active parents in the classroom. Learn about the benefits parent involvement in education has on parents and teachers.
Middle School Rules Your Child Should Know
Middle schools come with rules. Here are the ones every tween must know.
Prepare Your Tween for a Middle School Dance
Is your tween nervous about going to the school dance? Preparation is key.
What to do if Your Child Has to Miss School
Missing school comes with consequences. But preparing ahead of time can help.
Kids Benefit Most From Parent Involvement in Schools
Children who are challenged at school benefit when parents become involved.
Things to Avoid When Encouraging Your Child to Do Better in School
There's a right way and a wrong way to encourage your child to do better in school.
Parent Involvement in Education
You can become involved in your child's education at home and at school. Here's what you should know.
Qualities of a Good Teacher
A good teacher will bring out the best in your student.
Parent And Teacher Communication in The Digital Age
Email can make parent/teacher communication easy and helpful.
What Parents Should Learn at Back to School Night
If your child is in middle school, attending back to school night is a must. Here's what you'll learn.
Middle School Questions and Answers
If your child is headed to middle school, he'll have questions. Here's how to answer all those questions about middle school.
Is it Appropriate to Send Email to a Teacher?
Emailing is a great way to stay in touch with your child's teachers.
Help Your Tween Have the Best School Year Ever
Start the school year off on the right foot. Here's how to help your child have the best school year possible.
Why Some Tweens Hate School
Find out why your tween hates school, here are a number of reasons why.
Improving Bad Grades - Tips for Parents and Tweens
Bad grades can be improved, here's what you can do to help
Get Your Tween Ready for High School
Is your child ready for high school? Here's how to help middle schoolers prepare for the changes ahead.
The Middle School Staff: Who's Who at Your Child's Middle School
Help your child understand the roles of the middle school staff members.
What School Rules Does Your Tween Object To?
Does your child have to follow silly rules at school? Share your experiences about school rules and tweens.
The Truth About Middle School Classes?
Middle school classes may be more challenging to your tween than his elementary experience. Here's how to handle it.
