Education + Literacy

Parenting comes with thousands of decisions. Some of the biggest decisions a parent faces revolve around education. What school district is the best? Which school is most inclusive? What school has the best education/teachers/athletic program/standards/test scores? Private school or...

If you’ve ready ANY of my posts you’ll know how much I love talking about economics and personal finance.  It is something close to my heart that makes me thankful I am in a career I’m so passionate about. ...

IEP, MDT, IFSP, Special Education, Autism, ASD, Learning Disability, Articulation, Phonology, Syntax, Reading Level....There are so many words and acronyms that are thrown at parents in the first few weeks after a special education placement. As a parent, it...

The time is upon us for fall conferences for our kiddos. As parents, we always see our children in the best possible light and we SHOULD! They are our babies. It can sometimes be uncomfortable to listen to feedback...

I’m gonna get really real, really quickly. There are times when being a mom of a child with special needs is incredibly frustrating. There are hoops to jump through, insane amounts of paper work to fill out, and so...

I'm writing this month's blog post from a beautiful beach house in southern California. All is calm and quiet… because it's 5 in the morning California time. The last 24 hours tried every ounce of my empathy. I am...

At some point in life, children need to learn how to read. For some, it’s easy. For others, it’s not. Reading is one of those skills that takes a lot of practice. But how do you encourage someone who’s...

If you read my previous post on The Reluctant Reader, you’ll know that we struggled a bit to find books that my daughter was not only interested in reading, but that she could read. Making the transition from easy readers to...

Summer is a great break for students.  However, it can also lead to regressions in a student's learning. Teachers spend most of August simply helping kids get acclimated back to school, and students are not academically where they were...

In my job I often get to go to teachers’ classrooms and talk to the students about money, saving, credit, budgeting, and other topics. One of my favorite things to do is to play money games with the kids...