School: The First Years

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Retention for Reading in First Grade; Was This a Bad Thing?

K.B. asks from Dallas

We are in Texas in a pretty strict school. My son needed to on a level I this year in order to pass on to second grade. A little background information; He struggle...

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1St Grade Teacher Misspells My Child's Name.

B.D. asks from Miami

hello, three months into a school year 1st grade teacher misspells my child's name. its a traditional name and spell check corrector picks it up exactly as we spell i...

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Seeking Moms with Seventh Grade Boys

C.J. asks from Los Angeles

I have a son who is in 7th grade. We are having trouble with grades,attitude,and behaving appropiately while in school.When he is at home, he is completely different ...

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Should I Hold Her Back in Kinder or Move Her up to First Grade?

H.M. asks from Dallas

Okay, I have seen a lot of posts on here about skipping a grade or holding a child back....but, here is our story. Any and all advice is appreciated. My Daughter...

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To Send to School or Not?

H.M. asks from Dallas

I am torn about what to do with my soon to be 4 year old who wil now be able to attend the public school in August. I used to work outside of the home (last year), s...

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Walking to School

A.G. asks from Boston

What age did you let your kids start walking to school by themselves? Did they walk by themselves or with other kids? How far did they have to walk? Thanks

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School Lunchtime

A.S. asks from Dallas

I really should have asked this last year when my daughter was entering kindergarten. The schdule for lunches is overlapping at her school in order to get everyone i...

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Eight Year Old Needing to Repeat 2Nd Grade

J.S. asks from Madison

I was told that because of my son not being able to concentrate in school and not learning well because of ADD and now recently been put on medication that he needs t...

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JFF: Question About 8Th Grade "graduation"...or Lack Thereof

M.M. asks from Boston

Hello Mamas & Papas. Just out of curiousity....I was just wondering if your middle schools do a "graduation" type thing for your eighth graders. I've just been i...

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Follow up from Redshirting and Think I Made a Mistake with Going to 1St Grade

B.C. asks from Sacramento

So, I decided to write this as a follow up, as I really now have even more questions than before since meeting with the teacher. So, it seems that wether she is on l...