With Equal Step2 minSharing the PedestalParents hug your children this morning. It may be the last good thing they experience till they return home from school. Can you imagine reading this? How wo...
With Equal Step3 minWhat's a Butcher Got to Do with It?As I left my butcher shop, I was smiling, a warm feeling running through me. I live in a very large city. With that comes anonymity. It can be isolating. The...
With Equal Step3 minThe Blame Game Must StopCBC's “The Sunday Edition” on March 17th looked at increasing incidents of violence against teachers. To be sure, this is an important topic, and warrants at...
With Equal Step3 minStop the Addiction to FundraisingFamily engagement and its positive effects on student achievement have very little to do with a school’s ability to fundraise. However, over the years, schoo...
With Equal Step3 minRec•i•proc•i•tyRec·i·proc·i·ty noun 1 the practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit I was listening to “Ideas at 50” on CBC radio. One of the segments in...
With Equal Step3 minIt's Okay, They Come in PeaceI was recently speaking with Derek Rhodenizer on his blog “Beyond the Classroom” about engaging families in learning. He asked me why new teachers were afrai...
With Equal Step2 minEveryone Have a SIP!The beginning of school brings with it one of the most important projects of the year. It’s something that puts stress into the hearts of educators and puzzl...
With Equal Step2 minImagine If...Parents as partners wasn’t thinking outside the box; it was just making the box bigger Parents were not perceived as hovering helicopters When principals hea...
With Equal Step2 minEngagement or Contact?Stephen Hurley recently wrote a blog - “Back to School - A Family Context” - that I appreciated. In it, he talks about the need for schools to view families ...
With Equal Step3 minA Seat at the TableToo many of the postings I’ve read bemoan the lack of support parents give to education initiatives. But how many of those authors/educators