Because of COVID-19 Black parents should use this time of restructuring to push for a shift in education.
Start the Movement Right From Your Living Room: Positioning Your Black Children as Change Agents, Historians & CreativesWhew! The academic year is finally over and the summer is in full swing. The previous academic year ended in an unprecedented fashion, and left parents questioning the quality of their child’s distance education experience. Considering that several […]
Sponsored PostDear Responsible and Loving Parents,Every year, parents send their children off to their first day of school. We’ve all seen the vision of the mother, crying and waving as her little one flaps its wings for the first time. The moment your child sets foot in school, without you at their side, can be […]
I am a parent and an assistant professor who teaches an introductory course about humanitarian crises and children, Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE). What we are experiencing with COVID-19 is a humanitarian crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an abrupt shift in the “normal day” and has brought challenges to all of us. In times […]
Educating your children at home brings the power to choose what they learn. MoMo Productions/Getty Images Monisha Bajaj, University of San FranciscoMy 6-year-old hates the British. To be more specific, the British Empire that ruled over up to a quarter of the world’s land by the early 1900s. Hates that one of the biggest diamonds […]
By the time your child is in third-grade it is essential they know how to read well. This is a point in a child’s life when they are no longer taught by their teachers to read but are expected to read on their own and every assignment requires reading.