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How to Have a Great School Newsletter

When writing a school newsletter, the word “purpose” plays a significant role.* Many have alluded to the idea that parent newsletters are only sent out to inform the community. While that statement resides true, a successful parent newsletter also consists of three further main components.  These are: Logistics Achievement distribution methods.   Logistics The logistics…

This Barber Gets Kids to Read*

Children 12 and under who visit The Fuller Cut in Ypsilanti, Michigan, get a $2 discount on their haircut for doing a simple task: reading to the barber. CBS News reports that owner Alexander Fuller and barber Ryan Griffin started the reading program more than a year ago. “‘We’ve been doing this for a long time,” Fuller…