I was reading about the change in our education system with respect to the common core standards(we are in CA ). I found there is a lot of opposition to the common c...
My son was born early June. I have always planned to send him on time to kindergarten. I feel he is ready for the academics, his personality is upbeat and friendly ...
Hi! I have been reading all of the great responses and insight on the K subject, so I almost feel silly posting yet another question. However, I have not found any ...
We're looking into a Montessori School for my daughter. I've been doing a lot of reading about them and visited one. I love their concept, but they are so expensive...
I have a 4 year-old girl turning 5 next September 11. According to all the information I have read on line, the cutoff date for CPS is September 1, which means she w...
I am curious what some of your class sizes are (for real not what the website says).
My son's second grade is at 27. He has been in a room as low as 17, so this se...
Can't find posting for Allowance questions but I am sure it's been asked before.
Last school year I tried the concept of NOT tying chores to an allowance. I asked ...
Hi, I was wondering if anyone has ever had a problem with September cut off dates and what they did about it. My son misses the cut off date by a week. He is 3 1/2 an...
I have a son who could be double-promoted next year (3rd grade now, going into 5th next year instead of 4th). Have you ever done this? In retrospect was it a good ide...
Well, I'm sort of torn on what to do over here. For a few years, I have done in home childcare/preschool for both my son and other people's children. For my son bei...
