Clarksville Family Magazine — August 2013
The August 2013 Clarksville Family Magazine breaks down Common Core, makes back-to-school easy, and lists the warning signs of Alzheimer's.
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The cover feature tackled “Common Core Standards,” the education framework generating debate among parents and teachers in 2013. The coverage captured a moment of real anxiety for local parents, and the magazine's straightforward explanation of what the standards meant for their children's classrooms cut through the noise at exactly the time families needed it most.
“Back to School Made Easy” offered the practical guidance parents look for as summer ends. The health pages helped families prepare with “Importance of Sports Physicals” as fall athletics ramped up and guidance on caring for children's teeth, while “7 Warning Signs of Alzheimer's” offered important information for readers caring for aging loved ones. A Southern fried chicken recipe added comfort-food appeal.
The recurring departments round out a back-to-school number that balances education, family health and caring across generations — helping parents prepare their children for a new school year while offering vital information for readers looking after aging loved ones under the same busy roof.
The Common Core feature explained what parents would actually notice: reading and writing emphasized across every subject, so that even biology and geography would move beyond simple true-false and multiple-choice tests — a practice known as reading and writing across the curriculum. The standards also required online assessments, built by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and given nationwide, a shift the magazine laid out plainly for anxious families, reassuring them their children's classrooms were changing for a reason.
Table of Contents
- Common Core Standards (p. 6)
- Recipe: Southern Fried Chicken (p. 20)
- Importance of Sports Physicals (p. 22)
- Back to School Made Easy (p. 30)
- Your Child’s Teeth (p. 36)
- 7 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s (p. 42)
- Fifty and Finally Free (p. 46)
- Freddy the Exchange Student (p. 52)
Regular Departments
- Advice (p. 14)
- Faith & Family (p. 24)
- Campbell Families (p. 51)
- The Fridge (p. 56)
- Family (p. 58)
