PART 4: HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD...
School Organization 101
Erupting backpacks and oozing lockers can have serious academic consequences. Get it together with these 20+ at-school and at-home organization strategies.
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Less Chaos, More Learning
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Calendars, Clocks — and Confidence!
Executive dysfunction often plagues students with ADHD, who struggle with organization, prioritization, and time management. 9 ways to build durable EF skills.
Student Planner:
Your Child's Playbook for Life
Between homework, projects, and after-school activities, students have loads to remember. Enter the planner! Concrete tips for selecting, setting up, and using a daily planner effectively.
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This School Year, Get It Together (and Keep It There)
The bottomless backpack. The always-messy desk. And, oh, the forgotten homework. These are common problems among students with ADHD. Here are solutions.
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Your Child's Top 5 Organization Problems
Pinpoint your child’s trouble spots — losing papers? forgetting homework? — then target them with corrective accommodations. Watch now »
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August 29: How Parents & Teachers Can Use Brain Science to Increase Motivation in Children
September 5: Life Skills That Matter: What Every High School Student Should Learn Before Graduation
4 Highly Effective Organization Systems
Fact: The child with the established routine and the dedicated 'paper place' is less likely to lose assignments. Learn "The Binder System" and more proven methods.
A Teacher’s Time Toolbox
Learn how a timer, analog clock, and planner can help students better manage their time, all while helping you feel more organized in the classroom.
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BATON ROUGE IS HOT. Yep, you read that right. Dozens of schools, including the city’s very first, Children’s Charter School, took kids back to school this year, and the opportunities in this community that was once close to the bottom of all Louisiana are not promising and innovative. Thanks to the variety of local and national providers, students have lots of variety. There’s GEO Prep Academy Greater Baton Rouge, INSPIRE, an NHA School which is a community favorite; Democracy Prep and BASIS is the new kid on the block with a 40,000 square foot state of the art building that promises rigor and world-class programming. These schools are part of the new Innovation Zone created in Baton Rouge. It’s a hot city in lots of ways, thanks in large part to the advent of the charter idea. Let’s hope they continue to grow and thrive (and that those pesky regulators give them a chance to succeed!)
SURVEY SAYS! Another poll, another body of evidence that parents and educators support more opportunities to tailor schools to the needs of kids they support or serve. This time around it’s EdNext, whose latest poll shows increased support for educational choice but is it anything new? Must we continue to prove the obvious - that when parents and kids have more relevant, rigorous and diverse opportunities they will pick a school other than that to which they are assigned? Just look at Baton Rouge above, or Washington, DC, NYC, or any town large or small where innovation has been introduced. In a week the annual Phi Delta Kappa poll will be out again, and they will have something else to say. Then the press and the pundits will scurry to make pronouncements about what it all means. So, bring on the surveys and polls but remember what really matters is what’s happening back to school all over the US. If it works, let’s duplicate it. If it doesn’t, let’s move on. That’s what parents think and do when given a chance.
ANOTHER INTERESTING TIDBIT. Respondents prefer the DeVos era Ed Department over Obama’s. To read about this and more go to EdNext.
GLOBAL INNOVATION. A great conversation about global ed tech is never far away. CER leadership had the pleasure of being in the company of VIPKID at their Dallas regional conference at the George W. Bush Presidential Library. VIP Kid seeks to link the world through education by providing an international learning experience. They do so by giving US teachers an opportunity to help educate students in China by teaching them English…all online! Needless to say, this amazing opportunity for global cooperation shows what’s possible with the parameters of educational options are endless. Former First Lady of the United States Mrs. Laura Bush was there to give her support to this global initiative. “Education gives us power,” she reminded us.
A REAL 45 RECORD. Congratulations to the American Legislative Exchange Council or as we know them - ALEC, celebrating 45 years in ensuring that policymakers have cutting edge information across all issues, including education. As we traveled to New Orleans to salute this organization, their impact on society was evident. Not only did Mark Janus, the plaintiff in the Janus v. AFSCME case join them to discuss his case, but over the years, ALEC has been able to boast that their members who started as legislators often became governors and members of Congress. People like Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, Oklahoma’s Mary Fallon and Senator Tim Scott (South Carolina) to name just three, and all who’ve been staunch advocates for education reform, no matter what the odds or liabilities might be. Kudos to ALEC for leading the way!
VOTE FOR US! SXSW – We’re going to SXSW EDU in March 2019 and need your help to make sure our panel is featured! To participate in the voting process, visit panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote and login or create an account. For more information about the voting process visit the SXSW PanelPicker page. The final deadline for getting in your votes is August 30 at 11:59pm PT. We appreciate your support!
NEW HOPE FOR PUERTO RICO FAMILIES. Read how “there is no end to what can be done if people are willing to look beyond their petty differences.” Jeanne Allen’s latest in the Washington Examiner, ‘Educational opportunity comes to Puerto Rico’ tells why new opportunities in Puerto Rico are a good thing – and just a start.
ARE YOU ON THE ROAD TO INNOVATION? Route 66 may not end in Miami, but we are following Innovation’s proverbial big super highway to Miami, FL on October 26th to carve a new pathway for education transformation, and a road to the future for all. Just 66 days are left – book your hotel and buy your ticket today! More information at edreform.com.
Founded in 1993, the Center for Education Reform aims to expand educational opportunities that lead to improved economic outcomes for all Americans — particularly our youth — ensuring that conditions are ripe for innovation, freedom and flexibility throughout U.S. education.
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Team Doda Bear to Participate in Utah NF Walk in Honor of
Local Young Girl with Rare Genetic Disorder
Utah families dedicate efforts to raise money for critical research
SALT LAKE CITY – On August 25, 2018, a group of 15 people, collectively known as Team Doda Bear, will gather at Sugar House Park for the Utah NF Walk, an event to raise awareness and money to fund research into neurofibromatosis (NF). Team Doda Bear will walk on behalf of "NF Hero" Dakota, a 14 year-old who lives with NF and inspires this team in their mission.
The Children’s Tumor Foundation, a leader in the fight against the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis (NF), a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow on nerves throughout the body and affects 1 in every 3,000 people, identifies NF Heroes as those who have demonstrated remarkable courage and positive spirit living with NF. Team Doda Bear is comprised of Dakota’s friends and family who walk on behalf of Dakota Ashby to raise money for NF research. Currently there is no cure for NF.
Dakota was diagnosed with NF over 9 years ago. During a routine MRI scan of the plexiform tumor growing on her shoulder, the doctors discovered tumors in her brain, one of which was growing on the brainstem. Dakota underwent two separate tumor ablation surgeries, the most recent one last May, and was left with hemiparesis (left side weakness). After 12 days in the hospital, where she received intensive physical, occupational, and speech therapies, along with additional outpatient support, Dakota has returned to many of her everyday activities. Her hard work and positive attitude certainly play a large role in her continued recovery and everyday life.
“The NF Walk is important because it gives our family and friends an opportunity to take part in fundraising efforts and raising awareness. When you have a child who lives with an disorder that has no cure, it is imperative to teach those around him/her about it so that they have an understanding of the challenges that our NF Heroes face on a daily basis. It also gives us an opportunity to celebrate our NF Heroes, many of them overcoming overwhelming odds.” says Dakota’s Mom Alisa Ashby.
NF Walk is a national fundraising program of the Children's Tumor Foundation that supports NF research, raises awareness, and provides support for individuals with NF and their families. An NF Walk brings together families, friends, and neighbors for fun-filled events, such as face painting, live music, and costumed super heroes.
WHAT:
The Annual Utah NF Walk
WHO:
Open to the public - everyone is welcome (registration required): individuals, friends, families, teams, corporate groups.
WHERE:
Sugar House Park, Sugar Beet Pavilion
WHEN:
Saturday, August 25, 2018
Check-In Begins 8:00 am
Walk Begins 9:00 am
For additional information and registration, visit join.ctf.org/event/2018-nf-walk-salt-lake-city/e162661
About Children’s Tumor Foundation
The Children’s Tumor Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to funding and driving innovative research that will result in effective treatments for the millions of people worldwide living with neurofibromatosis (NF), a term for three distinct disorders: NF1, NF2, and schwannomatosis. NF causes tumors to grow on nerves throughout the body and may lead to blindness, deafness, bone abnormalities, disfigurement, learning disabilities, disabling pain, and cancer. NF affects 1 in every 3,000 births across all populations equally. There is no cure yet – but the Children’s Tumor Foundation mission of driving research, expanding knowledge, and advancing care for the NF community fosters our vision of one day ending NF. For more information, please visit www.ctf.org.
