How to Measure Your Child’s Success Without Testing

How to Measure Your Child’s Success Without Testing

Picture this scenario: your child started school or changed schools for the 2020-2021 school year. Because of the constant changes to the school schedule around the pandemic, your child’s district decided to cancel standardized testing altogether. You’re concerned...
Back to School Series: The New State of Education:

Back to School Series: The New State of Education:

The landscape of our education system has changed in many ways since the pandemic arrived last year, bringing new challenges with it. What does this mean for your child, and what can you expect from American schools moving forward? The federal government has a 2-year...
Parent Spotlight: How Roxy Overcame The Kindergarten Problem

Parent Spotlight: How Roxy Overcame The Kindergarten Problem

Recently, we had the privilege of sitting down with Dave Urlakis and Beth Wolf, who told us how the Critical Thinking Child (CTC) helped their five-year-old daughter Roxy.  As self-proclaimed nerds, education has always been important to Dave and Beth. They are...
3 Common Disagreements Parents Have About Their Child’s Education

3 Common Disagreements Parents Have About Their Child’s Education

As a parent, you play an invaluable role in the education of your child. You are your child’s first and most esteemed teacher. Even if you haven’t given it much thought, you bring your own unique teaching style to the table – whether you’ve received formal...
4-Year Old Caleb Green Reads 100 Books in One Day

4-Year Old Caleb Green Reads 100 Books in One Day

Who is Caleb Green?  How did he read 100 books in one day?  He’s a 4-year old critical thinking boot camp kid who achieved an amazing reading goal with the support of his parents and community.  Caleb’s parents adhere to a consistent reading routine, ...
Math Classrooms: How Teachers are Teaching

Math Classrooms: How Teachers are Teaching

Math classrooms have transformed over the years, moving away from rote memorization and formula-based problem solving and to (the much more effective) critical thinking and number sense. This might be different from the way you were taught, but you can still support...