A local education collaboration is available for free to area parents who want a boost to help their kids learn better at home. From the News-Gazette last weekend:
New 'Parent Lab' program aims to help kids by teaching their eldersMore information at the full article here. Additional program and contact information at the Parkland website here.
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A new "Parent Lab" set to launch in early February is designed to teach parents in north Champaign how to help their children with schoolwork and improve their own literacy in the process.
The free program is offered through Parkland College Adult Education's Project READ program, in conjunction with the Champaign Public Library's Douglass Branch and Champaign Unit 4 schools.
Parents will work with volunteer tutors to become familiar with the skills and content that their kids and grandkids are learning in school, focusing on math and reading.
Parent Lab sessions will run every Monday evening from Feb. 4 to May 20 at the Booker T. Washington STEM Academy library, 606 E. Grove St., C.
On the second Monday of each month, parents will visit the Douglass Branch next door for special sessions on using educational technology, research tools, career development aids and other library resources helpful to families.
An information session for Unit 4 parents interested in the program is scheduled for 6 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Douglass Branch Library, 504 E. Grove St., C...
For more information, email ProjectREAD@parkland.edu or call 217-353-2662.
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