New Public School Parent: How to Get the Best Education for Your Child

288 pp. Despite controversies over standardized testing, school funding, and teacher quality, more than ninety percent of American children attend public schools. In The New Public School Parent, parents will learn all they need to know about how the public school system works and, more importantly, how to navigate it to ensure that their children are getting the education that they deserve. Backed by solid data and the most current research available-including vivid, real-life examples-The New Public School Parent will help all parents decode the shifting and often perplexing experience of public schools. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Child-Friendly School; A Quality Teacher for Your Child; When Your Child Is Falling Behind; When Your Child Isn't Challenged; Approaching Homework; Learning How Your Child Learns; Standardized Tests; The Wired Classroom; Making the Teacher Conference Work for You; Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, and General Classroom; Bullying and Harassment; The A, B, Cs of Report Cards, Grades, Reading, and Math; School Choice: What Choice Do You Have?; More Resources That Can Help Your Child; "Eduspeak" Terms to know; Parent Involvement from A to Z; Appendix: Samples of Educational Forms; Index.