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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — As the school year progresses, parents are gearing up for parent-teacher conferences, a crucial time to engage with teachers about their child’s progress. Melissa Jones, founder ...

A school district north of Denver is doing away with the traditional parent-teacher conferences this year, instead urging parents to log in to a website to find out how their children are doing. The ...

Want to be prepared for your parent-teacher conference in elementary school? Here are some tips that experts suggest. Elementary school is when parents are most likely to attend conferences, and these ...

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Two years ago, back-to-school night at Ruth Hill Elementary School looked like most open houses. “You would come to your teacher’s class, meet the teacher, look at what’s on the walls, see what’s in ...

Kristin Ehrgood is the president and chairwoman of the Flamboyan Foundation, which seeks to improve the quality of public education in Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. November 12, 2013 For kids to ...

Too often parent-teacher conferences were more about who controlled the conversation instead of providing everyone with the ability to come prepared to have a proper place at the table. Many educators ...

Annalise Armenta, a New York Times College Scholarship winner from The Scholars' Academy in Rockaway Park, Queens, is a student at the Macaulay Honor's College at City College of New York. Updated ...

Talking to your child before the conference to find out if he has any questions or concerns of his own can give you ideas of what to address with the teacher. A good next step: having a physical list ...