The Savvy Parent's Guide to Public School

The Savvy Parent's Guide to Public School
Author: Alice Wellborn
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2014-08-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781500470814

The Savvy Parent's Guide to Public School is an invaluable resource for parents of school-age children. Alice Wellborn offers a down-to-earth, practical guide to help parents navigate the often frustrating world of public education. Designed to empower parents to work effectively with teachers and school administrators, this book provides parents with the information and tools they need to become strong partners in their child's school community. The Savvy Parent's Guide to Public Schools includes twenty-nine assignments, two quizzes, and eleven challenges to help parents gather and organize information, learn how public schools work, and set up strong systems for communication with teachers and other school staff. Topics include setting up routines at home to support learning, parent/teacher conferences, home/school communication, school rules and discipline procedures, homework, defining a child's strengths and challenges, special needs, self-esteem, medical issues and psychological needs, parent/teacher partnerships, grades and test scores, grade retention, volunteering at school, and teacher requests. Alice's website, SchoolSavvyParents, provides free downloads for many of the worksheets and organizers. A workbook with all the assignments, worksheets, organizers, challenges, and quizzes is available for purchase on Amazon.

The Savvy Parent's Guide to Public School Workbook

The Savvy Parent's Guide to Public School Workbook
Author: Alice Wellborn
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2014-08-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781500588397

The Savvy Parent's Guide to Public School is a down-to-earth, practical guide to help parents navigate the often frustrating world of public education. Designed to empower parents to work effectively with teachers and school administrators, this book provides parents with the information and tools they need to become strong partners in their child's school community. The book includes twenty-nine assignments, two quizzes, and eleven challenges to help parents gather and organize information, learn how public schools work, and set up strong systems for communication with teachers and other school staff. The Workbook is a compilation of all the assignments, quizzes, and challenges included in the book, laid out in a convenient, user-friendly format. The workbook is appropriate for use in parent education and training groups, parent counseling sessions, and parent book groups. Those parents who are following the program for more than one child, or who wish to maintain a clean copy of the book, might also choose to use the workbook to complete the written work. "You will come away with a whole toolbox of ways to deal with schools and teachers, along with the confidence and experience to use those tools well. You need to be a strong partner in your child's education - teachers can't do it without you."

The Diverse Schools Dilemma

The Diverse Schools Dilemma
Author: Michael J. Petrilli
Publisher:
Total Pages: 119
Release: 2012-11-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780615652337

Many of today's parents yearn to live in or near the lively, culturally vibrant heart of the city—in diverse, walkable neighborhoods full of music and theater, accessible to museums and stores, awash in ethnic eateries, and radiating a true sense of community. This is a major shift from recent generations that saw middle class families trading urban centers for suburbs with lawns, malls, parks, and good schools. But good schools still matter. And standing in the way of many parents' urban aspirations is the question: Will the public schools in the city provide a strong education for my kids? To be sure, lots of parents favor sending their sons and daughters to diverse schools with children from a variety of racial and socioeconomic backgrounds. But can such schools successfully meet the educational needs of all those different kids? How do middle class children fare in these environments? Is there enough challenge and stimulation in schools that also struggle to help poor immigrant children reach basic standards? Is there too much focus on test scores? And why is it so hard to find diverse public schools with a progressive, child-centered approach to education? These quandaries and more are addressed in this groundbreaking book by Michael J. Petrilli, one of America's most trusted education experts and a father who himself is struggling with the Diverse Schools Dilemma.

A Parent's Guide to Primary School

A Parent's Guide to Primary School
Author: Katy Byrne
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2004-08-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0826427014

A well-written, compelling, meticulously researched resource for parents everywhere. A wonderfully comprehensive guide for parents providing advice on every aspect of their child's education; from choosing a suitable school, to communicating with teachers, through to dealing with the trauma of homework. Practical and accessible, this book really does tell parents everything they need to know to help their children succeed at school.

Common Sense for Our Common Good

Common Sense for Our Common Good
Author: Jim Baumann
Publisher: Cscg LLC
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2017-09-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780692439128

Common Sense For Our Common Good: A Parent Guide To Good Schools is about how you, as a parent, can most effectively support your child and your child's school. That takes both individual passion and collective commitment. But it also takes some basic knowledge about what a good school, public or private, looks and feels like. Supporting your child and your child's school is not just the right thing to do but also the most sensible and productive thing to do. Education is a thoughtful and prudent investment in the brilliance and potential in your child and all children... and will reap human and societal benefits both today and into the future.

A Parent's Guide to School Choice

A Parent's Guide to School Choice
Author: Jaimi M Erickson
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-02-13
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

As a former teacher who has seen the public education system from the perspective of a student, a college student, a teacher and a parent, A Parent's Guide to School Choice shares everything the author has learned throughout her experiences in and out of the education system. This is meant to be a school choice guide for parents to gain clarity. It will equip you and encourage you. Ultimately, it will show you that there is a school option to help your child learn, grow, thrive and succeed. This book and collection of resources provide some lines on the highway for you to steer through and really consider what school options will be best for your child. When you find the school choice option that will be best for your child, it will help them thrive. There may be an adjustment period, but when you see your child learning the way that is best for them, there is no better confidence-builder as a parent. Included in A Parent's Guide to School Choice, are resources in the appendix to provide clear comparison between the school choice options presented in the guide. In addition, assessment forms are included so you can be proactive as a parent prior to making any school choice for your child by evaluating their level of understanding before entering a school environment at home or traditional school. This is not a political discussion of school choice. It is a guide, or roadmap, to clarify all of the major school choice options and the pros and cons associated with each.

Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Mo: A Parent's Guide to School Choice

Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Mo: A Parent's Guide to School Choice
Author: Marla Dunn
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2012-08-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1300041250

This practical guide will help parents understand the school choices available to them and explain the pros and cons of each choice. A complete source of information for anyone concerned with giving their child the best education possible.