{"id":120,"date":"2010-09-21T08:29:14","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T12:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dacha.com\/?p=120"},"modified":"2010-09-27T14:36:03","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T18:36:03","slug":"tuesday-tidbits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dacha.com\/?p=120","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Tidbits, September 21, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Yesterday, our school district sent home a schedule<\/a> for its Parent Academy, workshops that give parents “the tips and tools to help their children be successful in school.” There were 34 listed, from a question-and-answer session with district staff at a local Walmart to one called Brush Up on Algebra with The Math Dude<\/a> to a more traditional session called Understanding the Maryland School Assessment to a behind-the-scenes tour of the district’s bus depot. I better attend the workshop Learning to Use Social Media.<\/p>\n

What parent workshops are offered by your school district?<\/p>\n

Shameless self-promotion: Want more of The Math Dude? See this webcast<\/a> that I did with him, Harvard’s Jon Star, Jim Rubillo from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and others on algebra, called Making Algebra Work: Instructional Strategies that Deepen Student Understanding. And if that floats your boat, see this one<\/a> on fractions, called Beyond Slices of Pizza: Teaching Fractions Effectively.<\/p>\n

Is your school a US Department of Education Blue Ribbon School? The 304 2010 recipients<\/a> were announced two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Lastly, an op-ed<\/a> in last week’s Education Week alerted me to this group, Attendance Counts<\/a>; in the piece the group’s director Hedy Chang debunks five common myths about school attendance. I liked what she said about this myth, that there’s “not much schools can do to improve attendance; it’s up to parents.” She wrote: “While parents are certainly essential, schools partnering with community agencies can make a real difference when they work together. Some solutions are universal: educating parents and students about the importance of attendance and ensuring that every absence receives a response.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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