A completed workbook doesn’t necessarily mean your child is learning. Here are five ways to recognize real progress in writing, critical thinking, independent reasoning, and communication. There’s a certain satisfaction that comes with finishing another week of homeschooling. The lessons are done. The assignments have been checked. The workbook pages are complete. You look at…

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What If Your Child’s Writing Curriculum Could Prepare Them for More Than a Test? Every homeschool parent wants their child to succeed. Every school wants its students to graduate prepared. And every educator understands that writing is much more than another subject to complete. Writing is how students organize their thoughts, communicate ideas, evaluate evidence,…

How Essentials in Writing—a brain development company—helps students think critically, write persuasively, communicate effectively, and prepare for life. Discover how Essentials in Writing helps Canadian homeschool students and schools develop critical thinking, persuasive writing, and communication skills for university and life. Canada takes a different approach to university admissions than many countries around the world….

CAASPP performance matters. For California charter schools, the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) provides important information about student achievement in English language arts/literacy and mathematics. Learn more about CAASPP from the California Department of Education. But here’s the question every charter-school administrator, academic director, and curriculum leader should be asking: Are your…

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