Dear Educators: Please Don’t Go Down the Pity Pathway
The pity pathway starts when educators and parents aren't honest about how students are doing in school. It's easy for kids to get onto, and hard to get off.
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Muddled: How Confusing Information from Schools Is Failing American Families
Why do so many parents think their children are doing fine in school, when so many of them aren’t? Maybe it's because the information they receive about student progress is a ridiculous mess.
Students and Families Are Getting Lost in an Avalanche of Confusing Information From Schools
The entire process of communicating the progress of individual students to their families is a mess.
Lost in the Crowd
Meet DeAnthony, Amalia, David, Kendra and Joy—five talented students from low-income communities who are getting lost in the crowd.
Parents Need Better Report Cards
Confusing report cards are a hidden epidemic in education. Here are some of the most common problems we see in them through our work with families.
How to Make Parent-Teacher Conferences More Parent-Friendly
When teachers ask me how they can make sure parent-teacher conferences are useful to families, here’s what I tell them.
Six Ways to Run a School that Families Love
There's no single formula for running a school that families are passionate about. But there are some basic building blocks that far too many schools skip.