How to Encourage Kids to ‘Give Back
Washington Post "On Parenting," Journalist Amy Joyce Here are tips from the Family Dinner Project, a grassroots movement to encourage eating well and talking over dinner about things that really matter, [...]
Kansas Citizens and Business Community Say Students Need More Than Academics to Succeed
By Denise Kahler, Director of Communications The Kansas State Board of Education (KSBE) is reviewing the tabulated results from the Community Conversation events held throughout the state three years ago [...]
The One Question Every Parent Should Quit Asking
By Scott Dannemiller “It’s like she’s not even practicing.” Audrey’s piano teacher was standing in front of me, giving her honest assessment. Her eyes were kind, and her voice soft, [...]
7 Key Phrases Montessori Teachers Use and Why We Should Use Them, Too
By Christina Clemer Montessori can be hard to sum up in just a few words —it is a philosophy on education and child development that runs deep. It’s a way [...]
Nation’s First Center Dedicated to Montessori Education Research
Photo by Laura Kingston Conference participants get a hands-on example of Montessori education in action at the 2017 National Council on Measurement in Education at KU. (Those are Kathy Klocke’s [...]
Guns vs. Children
It makes me angry that I live in a country where some people love their guns more than they love their children. The massacre of seventeen innocent children and teachers [...]