Giving Compass' Take:

· Military children are put at a disadvantage when it comes to education—they are constantly forced to relocate with their parents and have to adjust to as many as 9 different schools within their K-12 years. InsideSources discusses these challenges and the guide for service members with children created by military parents in effort to minimize those disadvantages.

· Why is it important for military parents to have clear and concise information on managing school transitions?

· Read more about military children and possible efforts from Congress to make school transitions easier. 

Thousands of military service members will soon be undergoing the all-too-familiar ritual of receiving their orders to move to a different region of the country as part of a permanent change of station (or PCS).

PCS orders, which peak around now, trigger a cascade of issues for those service members with a family and children in tow. And one of the most difficult of those issues for soldiers, sailors, marines or airmen with school-age children is the worry over ensuring consistent and high-quality education for them.

Terri Batschelet, a longtime educator and military spouse, said service members who are also parents are often gripped by concerns every time new orders come through.

“When a military family pulls up stakes and moves to Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska from another facility in another time zone,” she wrote, “they shouldn’t have to roll the dice about whether their children will be set back in terms of education… U.S. military personnel and their families already sacrifice enough.”

Read the full article about military children by Jim Cowen at InsideSources.