In mid-March, just four days before New York went into COVID-19 lockdown, the actress/singer performed an intimate concert at the city’s famed Joe’s Pub. Her father, actor Ethan Hawke, was in full embarrassing dad mode, clapping and proudly calling her name from a table midvenue. Afterward, she went to a […]
Parents
Tech barriers to remote learning send parents scrambling, expose ‘digital chasm’
Matielyn Jones, a mom of two from Georgia, did everything she could to help her school-age son succeed as he navigates remote learning this semester — investing in a new laptop, desk and chair so he could be as prepared as possible to succeed in his virtual classes. When her […]
Many Schools Are Using a Hybrid Learning Model This Year; Here’s What Parents Should Know
Related: 25 School Picture Day Photos That Didn’t Turn Out the Way the Kids’ Parents Hoped Kids’ Funny School Photo Fails More What’s the Difference Between Hybrid Learning, Blended Learning, and Flipped Classrooms? With so many new terms being thrown around, it’s hard to keep everything straight. After all, how […]
Parents go into debt to pay for kids’ breakfasts, lunches
Switching from in-person to online schooling has been hard on many families – and on their budgets. About one-quarter of parents say they’ve gone into debt to pay for their kids’ at-home school expenses, and many blame the cost of their kids’ breakfasts and lunches when they switched to learning […]
Expert answers most-Googled questions about working parents and back-to-school
With the future unpredictable as kids return to the classroom during the coronavirus epidemic, parents are turning to Google to ask questions and attempt to plan. As a part of TODAY’s coronavirus and the classroom series, NBC senior business correspondent Stephanie Ruhle answered the three most-Googled questions about the 2020-2021 […]
Parents are going into debt to pay for kids’ breakfasts, lunches
Switching from in-person to online schooling has been hard on many families – and on their budgets. About one-quarter of parents say they’ve gone into debt to pay for their kids’ at-home school expenses, with a large share blaming the cost of paying for their kids’ breakfasts and lunches when […]
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The good news – and more than good, in some ways it feels miraculous – is that 11-year-old Phoebe South is genuinely looking forward to starting secondary school in September. “I feel quite excited about it now,” she tells me, from a beach in Devon where she’s on holiday with […]
Nut allergy warnings added to previously ‘safe’ ice creams prompting complaints from parents
A range of Unilever products have had nut allergy warnings added to them as part of a more stringent policy – Mike Egerton/PA Nut allergy warnings have been added to previously “safe” ice cream prompting complaints from parents that their children are being unfairly denied their favourites. A petition set […]
Parents must be allowed to pick their poison this school year
The usual debates in education circles aren’t helping right now. These conversations — about school choice and vouchers and equity, public vs. private vs. charter vs. home, standardized testing and screen time and district residency rules and teachers’ unions — can’t be suspended as COVID-19 spikes around the country ahead […]
Privileged parents form COVID pandemic pods that widen education gaps. We can do better.
I saw a Tesla with #BlackLivesMatter written on the rear windshield the other day. It appeared to be a parent picking up their kid from a “pandemic pod,” which, if you’re not familiar, is a small cluster of families who pool resources to hire a private tutor, who may be a […]
Parents form pandemic pods to educate kids. Let’s build a better alternative.
I saw a Tesla with #BlackLivesMatter written on the rear windshield the other day. It appeared to be a parent picking up their kid from a “pandemic pod,” which, if you’re not familiar, is a small cluster of families who pool resources to hire a private tutor, who may be a […]
What can parents who work outside the home do about remote schooling?
People who work at grocery stores can’t work from home. Here, Anthony Capone, a Vons supervisor in Torrance, greets customers in April. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) With California schools starting up again virtually, many parents are wondering how they can get back — or stay — at work […]
A back-to-school shopping season like no other has parents, retailers scrambling
MILWAUKEE – The back-to-school shopping season, second only to the holiday season in terms of consumer spending, has been thrown into uncertainty bordering on chaos as parents and retailers do their best to plan for what school will look like in the coming weeks. Set against the backdrop of a […]
These online learning tips will help parents prepare for a successful school year, even if it is virtual.
Many of the nation’s largest school districts plan to begin the fall semester online-only. As schools consider reopening, children face a future in which online courses will probably be part of the curriculum. To make the best of this situation, here are some tips to help your child adapt to learning from home. Studies show that in online learning, […]
Unhappy with school options, parents team up to form learning pods to educate their kids
South Florida parents, desperate for in-person education for their kids during the COVID-19 pandemic, are teaming up with their neighbors to create 21st-century schoolhouses in their homes and offices, complete with teachers and tutors to supervise. These parents were disappointed with the virtual offerings from South Florida’s school districts last […]
‘I don’t know what I’m supposed to do.’ Parents in distress over school opening online
The Los Angeles Unified School District and United Teachers Los Angeles agreed upon a deal for online learning just before the first day of school on Aug. 18. (Los Angeles Times) How do we start school online? I have five children and one Wi-Fi hot spot. I can’t answer the […]
Some parents want to hire tutors, start mini schools this year. Most can’t afford to.
CHICAGO – Millions of parents across the nation are facing difficult decisions about what to do with their kids this school year. But the pandemic affects every family differently, for reasons that range from their socioeconomic status to their health to the fields they work in. Some parents are in a […]
Online school? Some parents want to hire tutors, start mini schools this year. Most can’t afford to.
CHICAGO – Millions of parents across the nation are facing difficult decisions about what to do with their kids this school year. But the pandemic affects every family differently, for reasons that range from their socioeconomic status to their health to the fields they work in. Some parents are in a […]
Homeschool pods are gaining traction amid worries about school reopening; here’s how parents are getting the finances to work
Katrina Mulligan says her decision to organize a homeschooling “pod” – a modern version of a one-room schoolhouse, with a small group of parents splitting the cost of hiring teachers – wasn’t done lightly. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the nation, she’s grown increasingly wary about her […]
Are you worried about your elderly parents? 8 tips to help seniors stay mentally acute in isolation
Fitness coordinator Janet Hollander leads session of Balcony Boogie from outside Willamette Oaks in Eugene, Ore. for residents isolated in apartments during pandemic, April 21, 2020. Just what we need: Another reason to fear and loathe COVID-19. If your loved ones are old, ill and confined to an assisted living or senior […]