INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — As the school year progresses, parents are gearing up for parent-teacher conferences, a crucial time to engage with teachers about their child’s progress. Melissa Jones, founder ...

Two years ago, back-to-school night at Ruth Hill Elementary School looked like most open houses. “You would come to your teacher’s class, meet the teacher, look at what’s on the walls, see what’s in ...

Ten minutes with your child's teacher can reveal more than grades—it can surface early signs of anxiety, attention issues, or social struggles. Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, discusses how to prep ...

Parent-teacher conferences are often brief, but their impact can last far longer than the ten or fifteen minutes they’re ...

So now that students have settled in to the routine of the school year, yet another fall education ritual looms: the parent-teacher conference. And while there's universal agreement that parent ...

For some parents, parent-teacher conferences revive that long-ago first-day-of-school combination of curiosity and fear. "It's a little unnerving sometimes to talk to teachers because they're giving ...

A family meets with their child's teacher at a parent-teacher conference. Unexpectedly, COVID has introduced an opportunity to make these conversations more honest and transparent. Credit: Emily ...

Now that the school year is in full swing it’s time to sit down with your child’s teacher. Tucson's largest school district, TUSD, and Vail will both be holding parent-teacher conferences starting ...

Ah, parent-teacher conferences. Those semi-awkward, sometimes nerve-wracking evenings when parents and teachers gather to ...

Well, there it is. 2011. Done. For many, this is a time to reflect on the past year ("Wow, can you believe it: we made that move to Hartford and got our son his first ...

Kids thrive when they feel the adults in their lives see them in a consistent way. So parents and teachers should try to use the precious minutes of a conference to reach an agreement about a child’s ...