Two years ago, back-to-school night at Ruth Hill Elementary School looked like most open houses. “You would come to your teacher’s class, meet the teacher, look at what’s on the walls, see what’s in ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — As the school year progresses, parents are gearing up for parent-teacher conferences, a crucial time to engage with teachers about their child’s progress. Melissa Jones, founder ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are effective ways to handle parent/teacher conferences? Parent-teacher conferences are a staple of school life. This series will explore different ways of making ...

For some parents, parent-teacher conferences revive that long-ago first-day-of-school combination of curiosity and fear. "It's a little unnerving sometimes to talk to teachers because they're giving ...

For two hours last Tuesday, Carol Cook made the rounds at Rapid City Central High School's parent/teacher conferences. In all, she talked to six of her daughter Katie's teachers. Conferences are just ...

Well, there it is. 2011. Done. For many, this is a time to reflect on the past year ("Wow, can you believe it: we made that move to Hartford and got our son his first ...

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Throughout the school year, students and families get snapshots of their student’s progress on paper or through online portals. But parent-teacher conferences — which take place in districts across ...

Engaged and balanced instruction, where “student talk” is key and writing is in all subjects, is how Sanger Unified schools ...

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