Uplift Voices The first day of school is an exciting milestone for children and parents. As a parent, you want to ensure that your child starts their academic journey on the right foot and experiences a smooth transition into their school environment. Taking a few practical steps and developing good habits prior to that first …
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Uplift Voices Selecting the best school for your child with special learning needs may seem difficult. Fortunately, your student can benefit from a range of school options. Before enrolling your student in a particular school, you want to ensure it can accommodate your child’s specific learning and environmental needs. These are some questions you might …
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Uplift Voices There are plenty of things to debate when it comes to education. Teacher pay, book banning, and school safety are all controversial subjects, but right up there on that list is the topic of the steadily growing number of charter schools. It seems like no matter where you live, there are 1, 2, …
Uplift Voices School Open Enrollment –what is it and how can parents take advantage of it? The term “open enrollment” gets thrown around a lot in education conversations in Texas. But what exactly is open enrollment? The truth is open enrollment means different things, depending on the school district. Texas does not make it simple! …
Uplift Voices Charter school options have been on the rise in Texas for the past several decades after the state started allowing charter schools in 1994. Parents in Texas are no longer obligated to send their child to the local public school but have a choice in their child’s education. Charter schools are one of …
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Uplift Voices Best Tutoring Practices for Your Child Over the last couple of years through a pandemic, scholars have received instruction and assessments that have been wildly different from a traditional school environment. Some scholars have been completely remote the last few years while others have come to campus a couple times a week and …
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Uplift Voices Most parents are aware when “testing season” begins for their child at school. Most states have standardized tests that students take each spring. But some school districts are conducting additional assessments with their students to better gauge needed areas of learning as the school year begins. Once such popular assessment is the MAP …
Uplift Voices Is your child soaring or struggling in his current school? If you are seeing more struggle than soar, know that you have a choice in Texas! No longer are students required to attend the public school closest to their home. Families in Texas can choose from traditional public schools, public charter schools, public …
Uplift Voices The meaning of transition, “the movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, concept, to another”, (Dictionary.com), occurs in many different forms for us all. An insect transitions from a caterpillar to a beautiful butterfly, plants transition from seeds, water and sunshine to blooming flowers, construction projects on paper transition from concrete …
Uplift Voices While summer is the perfect time for some light-hearted fiction reading, it’s also important for children to add some books to their list that will help them grow as a person and expand their thinking during those lazy summer days. Reading is the ideal way to introduce young minds to a range of …
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