Parents win! East Palo Alto KIPP school approved 4-1
On February 11, the Ravenswood School District school board approved 4-1 a new KIPP charter public school to open in East Palo Alto in 2017. Parents and supporters filled the board room, erupting in applause after the vote and spilling into the hallway, hugging each...
GreatSchools and Innovate Public Schools Launch New, Bilingual School Quality Website for Bay Area Parents
GreatSchools, a national nonprofit helping parents guide their kids to successful futures, and Innovate Public Schools, which works with parents to improve education in their communities, today launched the new GreatSchools Bay Area website. “Our goal is to better...
Rocketship Mosaic Elementary School: Engaging Parents as Co-Educators and Leaders
The community meeting is a staple at many schools, but at RoMo it happens every month, and upwards of eighty percent of parents routinely attend – a level of participation that’s practically unheard of.
Mindset for success – How to foster a healthy attitude towards learning in your child
Many notable historical figures struggled on their road to success. For example, Albert Einstein had difficulty counting to ten as a child and, as a teen, he failed his initial college entrance exam (which he successfully passed a year later). So what was it about Einstein that helped him persevere to become the most respected physicist of all time?