التحدث مع الطلاب والعائلات حول زيادة إنفاذ قوانين الهجرة

للتخفيف من حدة التوتر بين التلاميذ، شجع العائلات على إجراء مناقشات مفتوحة مع أطفالها حول الوضع الحالي. ذكرهم بأنهم على الأرجح يسمعون عن هذه القضايا من البالغين والأطفال من حولهم وأنه من الأفضل أن يتمكن الأطفال من التحدث عنها مع مقدمي الرعاية حتى يتمكنوا من الحصول على...

Incorporating Play into Your Home: FAQs

Want to incorporate more play into your family’s routine? Wondering if play really helps kids develop? Play is essential for children’s development. Numerous studies have demonstrated that play reduces children’s stress and provides socioemotional benefits that...

School Options in Massachusetts

The Public School System provides all children who live in the U.S. with a free education. A core value in public education is equal opportunity for all students. Families have responsibilities education, including sending their children to school. Every school in the...

Six Surprising Benefits of Universal Free Lunch

While the American school lunch program began almost two hundred years ago, it has, traditionally, only provided free food to students and families living in poverty. That is, until 2020: during the pandemic, for the first year, all students, regardless of income...

Engage Other Families at Events: Using 3 Questions 

‘Tis the season for back-to-school events hosted by every family-led group (SEPACs, ELPACs, PTOs, etc.) in your school district. If you lead “get to know our group” events at any time of the year, this idea is for you.  It can be tempting to set up a table, lay out...

Powerful Parents

For Black History Month, I’ve been reading about the impact that African American parents and self-advocates have had on both racial desegregation and disability rights. One mother I keep thinking about is Lucille Bridges, whose brave young daughter Ruby was...