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We asked current and former teachers for their best advice for parents preparing for parent-teacher conferences. Here's what they suggest: Go through the work with the student. See what areas the ...

“Lindsey is a pleasure to have in class,” my daughter’s third grade teacher began as I wriggled myself into a chair the size of a kumquat seed. “She enjoys interacting with her classmates and is an ...

Ah, parent-teacher conferences. Those semi-awkward, sometimes nerve-wracking evenings when parents and teachers gather to discuss the academic and social progress of our little darlings. It’s a time ...

It’s conference season—the time of the year when parents and teachers meet to discuss each student’s progress. In most schools, this is a private conversation between the child’s teacher and parent(s) ...

I’ve been a teacher for 15 years. I’ve conducted parent-teacher conferences, but I’m only recently on the other side of it as a parent. My first child is in 1st grade, and I’m just getting a different ...

Multiple approaches have been tried to increase parental participation in parent-teacher conferences at the junior and senior ...