There are some things you just can’t do for your child. Driving test. Summer job interview. Or the highly anticipated college essay. While you can’t write it for him, there are things you can do to help. From supporting his research to double and triple checking for...

If you are considering home schooling, you are living in the right state to start! With an estimated 300,000 children being home schooled, Texas leads the nation in the number of families teaching their children at home. Texas legally classifies home schools as...

Students across the nation are building robots, programming drones to dance, designing video games and much more. Reading, writing, arithmetic…and coding? Yes, that’s right: computer coding for kids is becoming part of the foundation of learning for children as young...

Have you given community college a fair shake? As hundreds of thousands of high school seniors walk across the stage this May in Texas, some will choose community college as the next step on their educational journey. This affordable option may be the best fit for...

Imagine you are a student walking into a classroom. The teacher stands at the door and cheerfully greets you by name. She may say something personal like, “I hear you had a rough game last night. Are you okay?” Or maybe she says, “Thank you for being on time; I’m glad...

Short shorts, baggy pants and spaghetti straps, oh my! School dress codes have been a hot topic since the 1960s, when girls wanted to start wearing pants and boys wanted to start wearing longer hair. Now that the weather is heating up and shorts are coming back out of...

There are countless articles that address the educational merits of including art education in the public school system. With the emphasis of many schools being placed on standardized testing, some believe that if objectives are not measured in the test, they are not...

It seems that every week there is a new article about research on what needs to be done to give kids the best chance at being happy and healthy and successful in school. While some people complain about “kids these days,” others wonder what they can do to help kids to...

Why do people who don’t have a child “in” special education need to know about special education? First things first: there is no such thing as being “in” special education, because special education is a service, not a place. In days past, children with disabilities...

Whether they like it or not, introverts are currently getting a lot of attention, in part due to the best selling book “Quiet,” by Susan Cain. People who would have never guessed they were introverted are scoring high on the online tests, leaving many to wonder, “What...

Suspension. Expulsion. Exclusionary discipline. Kicking a kid out of school is the most extreme form of discipline a school district can hand out, so you might think that the removal of a child from his or her educational environment would be reserved for the most...

Ever wonder why Texas textbook adoption makes the national news and late night comedy shows? Why do people in New York have such strong opinions about what books Texas kids are studying? Turns out that the Texas textbook market, which serves the five million students...