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Travelling Teachers, Coming to a
Home Near You

Some schools are taking parental-involvement to a whole new level.

In a new strategy targeted towards increasing student performance, teachers are making scheduled visits to student homes to discuss progress with parents.

Schools are running with the idea that parents will engage in their children’s education when such a relationship is formed.

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Researchers Identify the Importance of Math Skills Early On

Recent research conducted by the University of California at Irvine identified good math skills as being imperative for kindergarteners to have in order to achieve academic success throughout their school career.

Researchers found kindergarteners who established solid math skills early on were more likely to exceed in math and literacy in later grades.

Math skills were followed by reading and attention skills in order of importance. Social skills, including temperament and self-regulation, were also deemed highly important, but not as conducive in shaping a student’s later success.

And although students who displayed antisocial behavior in middle school had a higher likelihood of dropping out in high school, those with low math skills dropped out at an even higher rate.