6 Tips to Get Your Kids Talking
We know the feeling. You want to get your kids talking and know about every minute of your children’s days of school (What did you learn? What did you have...
7 Lessons Learned From a Year of Possip Instead of Gossip
Possip just finished our second school year of working with schools. What a fun adventure! Using simple text and email surveys we learned a lot and were able to see...
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Beyond The Bake Sale: School Fundraising In The 21st Century
Possip team member Adie Tate is a former teacher and teacher coach. Both having been a teacher - and now as an active member of the PTA at her...
Homework: Friend or Foe?
Kristin Jeffrey is a former teacher, mother of two tweens, and school board member. She's had the chance to see homework from many lens! In this post she shares how...
Successful School Newsletters: The Secret Sauce
Kimberly Robinson has been a Teacher, Family Engagement Specialist, and leader of after-school programs for the YMCA. She brings all of these experiences to help Possip school partners maximize their...
Recess In the Cold
At Possip when the weather gets cold we tend to hear more from parents about recess. Parents and schools both want kids to be healthy, happy, and relaxed. Schools get a...
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Helping your kids and students deal with holiday stress
While holiday time is full of joy and fun-- it can also be stressful for kids, parents, teachers and schools. School counselor Malene Dixon from KIPP Sunnyside High School takes time...
Can schools handle the truth of parent feedback?
“If my answers frighten you, Vincent, then you should cease asking scary questions.” This brilliant movie line comes from Samuel Jackson in Pulp Fiction. Jack Nicholson shares a thematic relative...
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Minimizing Screen Time on the Path to Spring Break…
Our weather may not let us know that a seasonal change is forthcoming -- but the school calendar does. Spring break is coming. And for many teachers around the country...
