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Permalink Reply by Carissa Dollar on February 1, 2010 at 7:22pm

I don't think that you need much in the way of funds to help the parents learn how to help their kids improve performance. You just need to get your principal/teachers/staff to help you have some kind of round table or a panel discussion where they can ask questions about homework, test preparation, etc. And encourage parent participation. Talk about establishing homework/study routines.

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Permalink Reply by Alex Selver on February 2, 2010 at 1:28am

Thks Carissa

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Permalink Reply by Bob Moore on March 8, 2010 at 1:41am

The poor performance of the student in Mathematics, Science and English language could not directly refer to the problem from the lack of funds. According to the custom essays that I read from known writers, there are many factors affecting the performance such as teacher knowledge and skills on the subject matter, the quality of the textbook and workbook, the time they spend in practice and the time they spend when they are not in the school.

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Permalink Reply by Alex Selver on March 10, 2010 at 4:25am

tks bob

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Permalink Reply by Linda Colon on March 8, 2010 at 2:54pm

Hi,

More and more there are opportunities and resources (on-line) to do fun, hands on activities with your child; activities that reinforce the skills that students need to do well in math, science and language arts. Pulling these resources together for parents can be a first step to creating interest and supporting parents. Another suggestion is for the school to offer computer access for those families who may not have computers at home.

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Permalink Reply by Alex Selver on March 10, 2010 at 4:25am

tks Linda

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Permalink Reply by Heather Shulman on May 5, 2010 at 4:46pm

I like this idea. We are in the middle of tallying our home internet survey results now and we have an awesome computer lab at our school that parents could come in and take advantage of with their kids. I wanted to even start a computer club at our school where the kids could come in and play around on the computers. Our problem is we are a Title 1 school and the teachers have so much added work they don't have time to man these extra activities. Hopefully we can reach out to parents and see if someone could come in afterschool and start this.

I like inviting the parents in too though - at night - so they can sit with the kids and tool around with it too.

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Permalink Reply by Tracie Oken on April 22, 2010 at 1:31pm

I agree with the online idea. Your PTA could research what are the best tools out there and put together a list of resources for families to choose from. There are a couple my son has used for math (aleks) and I know they have group rates where the parents could even pool their resources and save for all.

Tracie

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Permalink Reply by Sherry Brogdon on June 11, 2010 at 11:07pm

As a teacher, there are so many manipulatives and games already available in classrooms that would be excellent review/practice for testing. These games and activities could be made available to the PTA to use on specific family nights. The materials should be clearly identified so they can be returned to the owners. I don't know of any teacher who would not allow the use of the materials for the joint effort in increasing student achievement!
Sherry

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