Smart Parents
We spend a lot of our time creating and sharing resources for educators and parents (who are often one and the same audience). Time and time again, we observe that families are left out of the equation when it comes to determining the primary audience for education reports, papers and articles—even though they are among the hungriest for informed opinions that can help them. Smart Parents is a blog series for parents, by parents who are navigating educational opportunities + making powerful decisions for and with their students. Learn more in Smart Parents: Parenting for Powerful Learning.
EdTech
Smart Parent Tip: See Inside Out
Seeing Inside Out provides a big opportunity for Smart Parents to be intentional about creating and talking about learning. You won’t find a film that strikes the balance between education and entertainment as much as this does.
Personalized Learning
Why Online Learning Works for Parents and Kids
Wondering why more parents and students are choosing online learning options? Thinking of making the shift but looking for advice? Connections Education released their parent survey last week, here's what their parents are saying.
Personalized Learning
Advice for Analog Parents with Digital Kids
The difference the learning environments that most parents experienced versus the ones in which their children are learning in formed the basis of our Smart Parents series. Here's some advice for parents raising digital kids.
Difference Making
Your Kid Just Said He’s Not Going to College, Now What?
Your kid says he’s not going to college, what do you do? Start by asking Jr. how he thinks he’s going to make a living and if he’s got longer term aspirations. Listen before advising. If and when it makes sense, run these seven HigherEd options by Jr.
Leadership
Smart Parents are Involved, Informed, Intentional, and Inspirational
From this year long investigation into parenting for powerful learning, particularly the stories contributed by 60 parents, we concluded that Smart Parents are involved, informed, intentional, and inspirational.
Personalized Learning
Learning is Personal for Your Child
By: Barbara Bray. To really personalize learning, the roles of the teacher and learners change. The learner owns and drives their learning with the guidance of a teacher as partners in learning. The learner may also seek others to support their learning as mentors or advisors.
Series
Parenting with Social and Emotional Learning: Thinking Before and After Actions
By: Jennifer Miller. As part of our Smart Parents Series, Jennifer shares why stopping to think may not seem a priority in our fast-paced lives but it just may be one key to raising socially and emotionally intelligent children.
Personalized Learning
Drop Everything and Sail the World
Sailing the world may seems like an impossible dream for you and your family but with the connected, quantified, anytime anywhere world, it’s more possible to do what seemed impossible a few years ago.
Leadership
Modeling Good Work
Howard Gardner suggests that children need to see their parents modeling good work; here are 7 tips.
Personalized Learning
Changing the Mindset of Education: Every Learner is Unique
By: Arina Bokas & Rod Rock. As part of our Smart Parents series, the authors, a PTA President and a Superintendent, argue that we need schools that help encourage growth mindset and emphasize that all learners are unique.