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14 math workbooks for kids

14 math workbooks for kids

Looking to help your little ones boost their math skills at home? These math workbooks for kids can help.

Emily Rivas

Report card comments are the worst

Report card comments are the worst

Why the need for brackets? Why not say he can run and throw and jump?!

Emma Waverman

12 things I learned from my daughter’s first year of school

12 things I learned from my daughter’s first year of school

Long hair is the devil, check their pockets before they go to school and GOD HELP YOU if you forget library day.

Katie Dupuis

Why integration isn’t working for special needs kids—or their classmates

Why integration isn’t working for special needs kids—or their classmates

Toronto parents are suing the school board for failing to protect their daughters from a schoolmate with special needs. Theirs is a familiar story: I’m the mother of a kid other parents complain about.

Rachel Giese

How to get the teacher you want

How to get the teacher you want

As the school year winds down, many parents start angling to get their kids assigned to the best teacher for next fall. Does that make them pushy?

Susan Goldberg

Homework Help: Taking a Hands-Off Approach

Homework Help: Taking a Hands-Off Approach

When it comes to homework help, what is the best approach? New research may surprise you.

Lia Grainger

Stop the madness! No more invite-everyone birthday party school policies

Stop the madness! No more invite-everyone birthday party school policies

One mom weighs the pros and cons of an "invite everyone" birthday party policy in her daughter's classroom.

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

Principal wants dress code for parents—no PJs allowed

Principal wants dress code for parents—no PJs allowed

One UK school has asked parents not to accompany their kids to school without being dressed “appropriately in day wear” first.

Karen Green

Parents' dangerous driving is putting kids at risk during school drop-off

Parents' dangerous driving is putting kids at risk during school drop-off

According to researchers, three common driving behaviours are unsafe for kids.

Emma Waverman

I want a fake report card for my kids!

I want a fake report card for my kids!

A school in New York is offering parents a second report card with better grades for their kids. And this mom wants one.

Emma Waverman

No-nit policy makes no sense

No-nit policy makes no sense

Keep a watchful eye and treat lice as soon as you find it, but don’t force kids to miss school with a no-nit policy.

Claire Gagne

Why we need more teachers like Chris Ulmer

Why we need more teachers like Chris Ulmer

Florida teacher Chris Ulmer has inspired Anchel Krishna to take up a new tradition at home with her special-needs daughter.

Anchel Krishna

New RCMP bullying prevention game teaches kids with texting

New RCMP bullying prevention game teaches kids with texting

The RCMP's new bullying prevention game is aimed at kids in grades six to eight.

Today's Parent

What it's like to be a parent on a field trip (in eight GIFs)

What it's like to be a parent on a field trip (in eight GIFs)

The struggle is real: Volunteering for your kid's field trip can be a rollercoaster of emotions.

Emma Waverman

When you’re Jewish but your kid loves Santa

When you’re Jewish but your kid loves Santa

"Every year there are school photos with Santa on a little stage—and every year, Anna wants one."

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

My kid is always late, but I really don’t think it’s a big deal

My kid is always late, but I really don’t think it’s a big deal

"When we’re running late, I find myself regressing back to when I was a teenager and worrying about getting caught."

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

I’m wary of split grades. Here’s why

I’m wary of split grades. Here’s why

"I don’t love split classes: My gut reaction is that my five-year-old shouldn’t have to 'repeat' a year."

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

I worry my special-needs son is lost in the school system

I worry my special-needs son is lost in the school system

"The last two months have not been easy. We know little more now than we did before Isaiah was just about to start school. That says much about the process and the tremendously limited resources."

Charlotte Dobo

What you should do when your kid has a bad teacher

What you should do when your kid has a bad teacher

How to cope when your kid doesn’t like his teacher.

Susan Goldberg

Coming to terms with my daughter’s learning disability

Coming to terms with my daughter’s learning disability

A few months into grade two, Ann started hating school. Through her tears, she told us that the work was too hard and that she wasn’t good enough.

Claire Gagne