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  • A mom and her child's teacher look through a work folder of drawings together at a classroom table during a parent-teacher conference

    Tests and school years

    Questions to ask at a parent-teacher conference, and how to prepare

    Most parent-teacher conferences last 10 to 20 minutes, so the questions you bring matter. Here are the ones worth asking, in the exact words to use, from kindergarten to middle school, plus a 10-minute prep and what to do afterward.

    10 min read

  • A boy points at Thena's board on a laptop at the kitchen table while his dad watches

    Learning with AI

    Meet Thena, the teacher who draws as she explains

    Thena talks your child through a topic, draws each step as she explains it, and keeps going until it clicks. Here's what a lesson looks like, what you see as a parent, and what it costs.

    5 min read