Building Hard Skills + Life Skills By Michelle Chaudoir, Director of Operations & Chief of Staff, Learning Heroes As a mom of two, I’m always looking for new ways to get my kids deep into STEM. In addition to the Smithsonian Institutes’ endless, must-see exhibits for locals and tourists alike, a little digging will uncover a…

By Michelle Chaudoir, Director of Operations at Learning Heroes After being back in school for only a week, my 6th grade son came home and confidently announced “I signed up for track.” He beamed. …

Ideas and Resources for working parents during virtual learning By Melissa Rayworth In the past year, parents have done almost as much learning as children. We’ve become tech trouble-shooters who tinker with webcams. We’ve sat in parking lots to access the wifi our kids need for virtual school. Like master planners, we schedule and reschedule our families to balance…

Helping Families and Educators Partner Up to Put Students on a Path to Success by Melissa Rayworth While working at a high school years ago, Robert Hendricks III faced a challenge: A teenager was struggling, and Hendricks was determined to help him make lasting progress. The solution wasn’t one thing, but a mix of several. First, Hendricks got the student involved in a club…

First in new webinar series explores ideas to strengthen parent-teacher partnerships by Melissa Rayworth In the years before anyone imagined a pandemic might disrupt schooling in America, Kareem Neal was already thinking about connecting with parents. He believes that successful teaching is about working as a whole community — teachers, paraprofessionals, students and families all supporting one another.

By Cindi Williams The movie Groundhogs Day, which my family watched a couple of weeks ago, is feeling a little too close to home these days. We are all living it, minus the ability to start every day anew with no consequences. However, there is a lesson I could learn…

Learning Heroes continues to hand-pick top resources for parents looking for high quality, free independent learning By Cindi Williams In what was otherwise an incredibly somber week in the Seattle area, moms in my community found levity and solidarity in the sharing of their favorite quarantine memes. This was mine: …

Trusted, high quality, FREE learning tools that can be sorted by grade and subject By Cindi Williams Suddenly, we are all teachers for our children. Few of us are ready for that. As the reality of a quarantine of at least six weeks is sinking in here in the Seattle…

By Bibb Hubbard Last week, I met an incredible mom. Shellina Semexant, a proud mother of 3 from Boston, shared her story with me and a room full of strangers as my non-profit, Learning Heroes, revealed new research on parents and teachers. …