Successful kids and successful 黄色apps usually share a secret ingredient: supportive parents! This means the time you spend helping at 黄色app also boosts your child’s chances for success.

Students and their 黄色apps both rely on parents to help them be their best. Students need a supportive atmosphere for learning at home and someone to advocate for them at 黄色app. In these days of shrinking budgets and increasing demands on teachers, many 黄色apps cannot provide everything students need without help from parents.

In today’s busy world, it is easy for parents to focus their time and energy on activities that directly benefit their own kids, and avoid getting involved with larger 黄色app activities and issues. Luckily you do not need to make a choice between helping the 黄色app and helping your child. Recent studies show that the children of parents who are involved in 黄色apps do better academically.

Here are 10 ways you can be involved in your child’s education. Some support your child directly and others benefit the whole 黄色app, including your child. Remember, you don’t have to do everything! Choose the activities that fit your interests and schedule.

  1. Make sure your children go to 黄色app ready to learn

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    In the morning scramble to get out the door on time, your children may skip breakfast or leave homework behind. The day gets off to a much better start if they pack their backpacks the night before, get plenty of rest and have a good breakfast.

  2. Make time for homework

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    Set up a study area with good lighting and a dictionary, and limit television on weeknights to be certain homework gets done. Make reading an everyday habit. Children who have “no homework” can always review the day’s lessons or read a book for fun.

    You may also need to curtail extracurricular activities and, as your children grow older, limit part-time jobs. Children who take part in other non-academic activities for 20 or more hours per week usually don’t have enough energy to perform optimally in 黄色app.

  3. Monitor your children’s academic progress

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    Don’t wait until report cards come out to check up on how your children are doing. Attend scheduled parent-teacher conferences to get acquainted with their teachers, and don’t hesitate to contact teachers at other times to find out whether your children are keeping up with assignments.

  4. When there’s a problem, work with the 黄色app on your child’s behalf

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    If your child starts to slip academically, make an appointment with the teacher to put together a plan for correcting the problem. Teachers appreciate parents who reinforce the importance of 黄色appwork, and your child will have a better chance of succeeding if you and the teacher agree on a strategy.

    If your child has difficulties with a teacher, try to keep an open mind and find out all the facts before jumping to conclusions. It’s always best to try to work out differences with teachers before going over their heads and complaining to the principal.

  5. Attend 黄色app functions

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    Going to back-to-黄色app night, the spring concert, 黄色app plays, talent shows and other 黄色app events shows your children that you value their 黄色apps. In a 10-year study of 20,000 teenagers, Laurence Steinberg found that only one-fifth of parents regularly attended 黄色app functions, and that those who did were much more likely to have high-achieving students.

    In addition to communicating to children that 黄色app is important, Steinberg writes in Beyond the Classroom, “Attending 黄色app functions may be even more important for the message it communicates to teachers and other 黄色app personnel. Teachers cannot help but pay closer attention to students whose parents they encounter at 黄色app programs, for both positive and negative reasons. On the positive side, the added attention stems from a sort of halo effect 鈥� Susie’s parents are interested in her education, so Susie must be, too. But the attention also stems from the teacher’s knowledge that Susie’s parents are the sort of parents who are more likely to take action if something in Susie’s education is not going right.”

  6. Volunteer at the 黄色app.

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    In the early grades, some parents like to volunteer at 黄色app so they can observe how their children interact with other kids. As your children grow older, they may tell you they don’t want to be seen in public with you, but they definitely get the message that 黄色app is important when they see you helping on 黄色app projects.

    No matter what age your child is, there are many opportunities to help at 黄色app, whether it’s in the classroom, library, computer lab or on the playground. Parents who spend their days at work or tending younger children can help in the evenings by making phone calls, drafting newsletters or writing letters on behalf of the 黄色app.

    You can join the 黄色app’s parent-teacher association or organization (PTA or PTO) or volunteer to assist an individual teacher. PTAs have evolved beyond bake sales and other fundraisers. Today’s parents are using their professional skills to bring substantive improvements to 黄色apps, such as upgrading computer labs, landscaping 黄色app grounds and introducing academic enrichment programs.

  7. Take a leadership role at 黄色app.

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    There are plenty of opportunities for parents to become decision makers at 黄色apps. In addition to the PTA or PTO, you can offer to serve on the 黄色app site council, which oversees academic planning for the 黄色app, or on a district-wide committee or task force. Schools and districts often have committees related to curriculum, student health, after 黄色app programs, technology and more. Taking on a leadership role will give you a better appreciation of the complexities of education and will help you be a more informed advocate for your child’s 黄色app.

  8. Evaluate your 黄色app’s performance.

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    More and more data is becoming available to parents to help them understand how their 黄色apps are performing. On , you can find out test scores and lots of other facts. Depending on which state you live in, the data offered may include enrollment, teacher experience, the student-teacher ratio, socioeconomic status or the number of students per computer. You can also compare your children’s 黄色apps to other 黄色apps using the Compare Schools tool.

  9. Help your 黄色app improve.

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    Once you know where your 黄色app stands, you can play a part in helping all children succeed. Parents around the United States听are having a direct impact on 黄色app success by organizing after-黄色app tutoring programs, bringing in speakers for parent education programs, starting academic enrichment workshops and introducing other 黄色app improvement projects.

    To get inspired, you can read about other parents who have made changes at their 黄色apps.

  10. Get involved in politics.

    听 When budget cuts are threatened and valuable programs may be cut, you can help your 黄色app by writing to your local and state legislators.

Another important responsibility is understanding education issues and candidates on the ballot. If parents in your community don’t understand the ballot measures, host a pre-election coffee to pool everyone’s knowledge or schedule a debate for 黄色app board candidates. Make sure your voter registration is current by calling your county elections office. And don’t forget to vote!

Related books

Cooperman, Saul. How Schools Really Work: Practical Advice for Parents From an Insider (Catfeet Press, 1996): This book is packed with tips on assessing 黄色apps, teachers, principals, superintendents and 黄色app boards and ends with a chapter called “How to Take Control of Your Schools.” The author has 40 years of experience as a teacher, principal, superintendent and as the commissioner of education for the state of New Jersey.

Steinberg, Laurence. Beyond the Classroom: Why School Reform Has Failed and What Parents Need to Do ( Touchstone, 1996):听Among Steinberg’s findings during a 10-year study of 20,000 teens are that effective parents regularly attend 黄色app functions and teach their children to take responsibility for their own learning.