School

How to ace your parent-teacher interview

How to ace your parent-teacher interview

What to ask, what not to do and other tips to help you get the most out of your parent-teacher interview

Kate Winn

Why teachers on Twitter is a good thing

Why teachers on Twitter is a good thing

"I’ll bet a lot of teachers wish they could always limit their correspondence to parents to only 140 characters."

Ian Mendes

Dear public schools: Not everyone is Christian

Dear public schools: Not everyone is Christian

Can you imagine if schools didn't close for Christmas? How kids of other faiths are getting shortchanged.

Emma Waverman

What the first day of school is really like

What the first day of school is really like

Messy kitchens and temper tantrums—this is what the first day of school was really like for Jennifer Pinarski.

Jennifer Pinarski

How Much Homework is Too Much?

How Much Homework is Too Much?

A recent study suggests that too much homework is doing kids—and parents—a great disservice.

Emma Waverman

Radical unschooling is a little too free for this free-range parent

Radical unschooling is a little too free for this free-range parent

As much as I embrace my free-range parenting lifestyle, radical unschooling is just a little too freestyle for me.

Jennifer Pinarski

School lunches: Then vs. now (have we gone crazy?!)

School lunches: Then vs. now (have we gone crazy?!)

Compared to when we were kids, school lunches just aren't what they used to be.

Emma Waverman

In defense of French immersion

In defense of French immersion

Miriam Porter had never considered French immersion for her son until she discovered he excelled at the language. She shares her experience here.

Miriam Porter

8 things I wish I'd known about French immersion

8 things I wish I'd known about French immersion

As Emma Waverman pulls her kids from French immersion, she reflects on the things she wishes she'd known in advance.

Emma Waverman

Back-to-school anxiety when your kid has special needs

Back-to-school anxiety when your kid has special needs

"I feel like I'm tossing him to shark-infested, under-funded waters with children who can't possibly understand why he sees and feels things differently."

Charlotte Dobo

9 ways back to school has changed since we were kids

9 ways back to school has changed since we were kids

Oh, how times have changed since we were kids! Here's a look at back-to-school prep then versus now.

Emma Waverman

Does standardized testing really evaluate your kid's learning?

Does standardized testing really evaluate your kid's learning?

Controversial across Canada, standardized testing may be more harmful than helpful—and some say it doesn’t evaluate what’s most important to kids’ success.

Tim Johnson

10 ways to curb your kid's bullying

10 ways to curb your kid's bullying

Even your little angel could be a bully.

Shandley McMurray

C-section or vaginal birth—it shouldn't matter to my kids' school

C-section or vaginal birth—it shouldn't matter to my kids' school

"Intrinsic in the C-section or vaginal birth question is an underlying value judgement—are you a good parent or a bad one?"

Emma Waverman

Do you give your kids homework in the summer?

Do you give your kids homework in the summer?

If your kids' teacher recommends that they do some homework during the summer, would you do it?

Ian Mendes

Parenting through the chaotic month of June

Parenting through the chaotic month of June

When I say that June is the craziest month of the year, you know what I mean, don’t you? I think it may even be worse than December.

Emma Waverman

Report cards are useless without the teacher's comments

Report cards are useless without the teacher's comments

"At this point, I want to give everyone involved in this mess a big fat F."

Emma Waverman

Why I'm not worried about my kids' report cards

Why I'm not worried about my kids' report cards

Report cards don't tell the whole story of your child's development, so this mom isn't worried that the comment fields will be left blank this year.

Jennifer Pinarski

Wait—why is there a PD Day in June?

Wait—why is there a PD Day in June?

Ian Mendes found out his daughters have a PD Day today—and he's not impressed.

Ian Mendes

#CropTopDay and the larger meaning of school dress codes

#CropTopDay and the larger meaning of school dress codes

A crop top might seem like a trivial line in the sand, but questioning the right to police women’s bodies is anything but.

Adina Goldman