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RICAS Scores Dropping, Students Not Learning: What Can Be Done?

RICAS Scores Dropping, Students Not Learning: What Can Be Done?

Our Students Aren’t Learning New test data for RI students is out and it isn’t good. RICAS scores for literacy and math are troubling, staying flat for math and dipping below last year’s results for literacy. According to The Providence Journal (1), only 30.8% of...
School Success: Key Questions to Ask

School Success: Key Questions to Ask

These key questions open the pathway for your child’s school success The new school year is underway. Students, teachers, and parents have settled back into the regular routine (for the most part). It’s time to check in. Do you know how your child is doing? Do you...
How to Schedule a School Day at Home

How to Schedule a School Day at Home

By Saskia Nilsen RITES learning specialist and education advocate I homeschooled my son last year due to medical reasons. Here is what I learned about how to schedule the day. I hope some of these ideas will help you structure your day during this difficult time when...
Making School at Home FUN with Hands-on Activities!

Making School at Home FUN with Hands-on Activities!

By Saskia Nilsen RITES learning specialist and education advocate Try something fun each day. You’ve got this! Keep your child learning and achieving goals, while also social distancing and working from home yourself. Below are ideas to support parents at home...
Help Your Child Improve Reading Comprehension Skills

Help Your Child Improve Reading Comprehension Skills

Reading Comprehension: Making Meaning from Words by Debra Nassau RITES learning specialist Reading comprehension is understanding what we read. This skill is essential if we want to gain information from the words on the written page. For many students, making meaning...

Reading difficulties: Are you seeing these signs in your student?

Learning to read and understanding what is being read are common problems for many students. It is common for struggling readers to also have difficulties with writing and spelling in addition to reading difficulties. Poor reading skills can be the cause of low...