New Website Helps Parents Foster Their Children’s Emotional Intelligence
GreatSchools and the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence have launched a new set of articles and tools to help parents foster emotional intelligence in their kids.
KIPP Collegiate: Supporting First Generation Students to College and Beyond
One of the nation’s most challenging high schools is located in a cluster of portables in East San Jose. KIPP San Jose Collegiate, where 70 percent of students come from low-income families, ranks with high schools in wealthy Silicon Valley communities on the Washington Post’s Challenge Index, which looks at the number of college-level tests taken by students.
Inspired Middle School teachers
My son is in middle school, so this short article by a middle school teacher grabbed my attention. Ryan Tahmaseb writes about how he found an interesting and appropriate way to teach his students an essay by Junot Diaz, one of his favorite writers, but one who generally writes about adult themes.
LUCHA: A School with Parent Engagement at its Heart
At LUCHA elementary, a small public school in east San Jose, parents are not just welcome – they are deeply engaged in supporting their children’s education. That is little surprise given that it was parents who fought for the creation of the school 11 years ago. Those efforts paid off – as of 2012-13, LUCHA was identified as a “rising star,” one of a small number of Silicon Valley schools that are beating the odds for low-income students.
“Parents feel they have a voice here. They’re held accountable for doing their part to help their children succeed.” – Principal Kristin Burt, LUCHA school in San Jose