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Giving Back This Holiday Season

The holiday season is here! It’s an exciting and busy time for families around the country. But as you’re shopping,

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Steal These Grassroots Advocacy Ideas

Recess for Miami Students successfully advocated to restore daily recess in all Florida elementary schools in July 2017. This incredible

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Ask a PTA Leader: Jim Accomando

Jim Accomando stands out in the world of PTA, especially in the nearly all-female Holland Hill Elementary PTA in Fairfield,

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Serious Play: Restoring Daily Recess

PTA parents have been advocating for daily recess in Florida since 2002, but the movement picked up momentum in 2014

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Is Your Child on Track for Success?

Schools used to blatantly track students. Students were funneled into high, medium or low groups and, once labeled, they remained

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How to Be Your Child’s First Advocate

As parents, we wear a lot of hats: chauffeur, accountant, janitor, personal chef, referee, nurse and many more. However, our

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Advocacy tips for primary elections

I know it may seem as though the presidential race has dragged on forever already, but really, things are just

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The Arts: The Key to Student Success

Do you think the arts in education are a waste of time for your children? Think again! Research shows students

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Who is New Education Secretary John King?

The man charged with downsizing the federal role in public schools is a passionate policy geek who says his own

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Moms + Action = Healthy Schools

Parents play a critical role in promoting and implementing initiatives that improve school-based foods, nutrition education, physical activity and physical

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