Parent Participation category: 664 books
by Wendy Conklin
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Blast away summer learning loss and prepare students for third grade with the engaging cross-curricular activities and parental support tools in this standards-based resource. Excite and energize students in the summer months with 9 weeks of fun, theme-based units focusing on key skills and objectives...
by Jago Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
The 11 plus could be described as one of THE most significant points in a child's academic life. It's the first time in their lives where they are tested and then ranked in order of academic ability.
Whilst the 11+ is an entry exam it is also very good grammar school preparation. Not necessarily...
by Joseph Warren Gauld
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
What Kids Want-And Need-From Parents is truly a seminal book in parenting.
It begins with one man’s 50-year journey to discover a better way to prepare American kids for life and culminates with the amazing discovery: the biggest factor in children’s success in life turns out to be dependent...
Debunking the Middle-Class Myth
Why Diverse Schools Are Good for All Kids
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2002
Many parents search for a 'good' school to enroll their children. They look at the school's standardized test scores and check out demographic statistics, but fail to investigate the strengths of these schools that have a vibrant mix of races and cultures. Eileen Gale Kugler offers a unique perspective...
School Choice in China
A different tale?
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
School Choice in China explores the major characteristics of schooling options in China, highlighting how largely middle-class parents exploit their cultural, economic and social capital for their children's admission into choice schools. It highlights how payments such as choice fees, donations,...
Family Life and School Achievement
Why Poor Black Children Succeed or Fail
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Working mothers, broken homes, poverty, racial or ethnic background, poorly educated parents—these are the usual reasons given for the academic problems of poor urban children. Reginald M. Clark contends, however, that such structural characteristics of families neither predict nor explain the wide...
by Girija
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2018
Live the fun filled parenting! Create a happy and stick-free childhood!
Do you doubt your parenting skills? Do you wonder if you are able to do your best as a parent? Here is the answer to all your dilemmas. Take the help of “Girija’s four circles tool,” a structural model that will help you...
by Wendy Conklin
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Blast away summer learning loss and prepare students for fifth grade with the engaging cross-curricular activities and parental support tools in this standards-based resource. Excite and energize students in the summer months with 9 weeks of fun, theme-based units focusing on key skills and objectives...
Born Reading
Bringing Up Bookworms in a Digital Age -- From Picture Books to eBooks and Everything in Between
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
A program for parents and professionals on how to raise kids who love to read, featuring interviews with childhood development experts, advice from librarians, tips from authors and children’s book publishers, and reading recommendations for kids from birth up to age five.
Every parent wants...
Mi Padre
Mexican Immigrant Fathers and Their Children's Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Mi Padre centers on the promise of parent involvement practices that build upon the range of linguistic and sociocultural resources that Latin immigrant students and their families bring to school. Through the experiences of Mexican immigrant fathers and their children, this book illustrates the need...
Hidden Dangers to Kids' Learning
A Parent Guide to Cope with Educational Roadblocks
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
This book marks a new beginning, providing a way for parents to understand and help their academically struggling children. Both parents and children should be empowered to recognize the perils and pitfalls of the current educational crisis and take responsibility for and control of education before...
How to Make Successful Students in One Year - a Model for the World
Over 200 Inconvenient Truths
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2014
I wrote the book, "How To Make Successful Students In One Year - A Model For The World," as a true testament of real world academic success for parents, teachers, students, school districts and governments of the world. I used my skills as a very successful senior engineer (with critical...
Prime-Time Parenting
The Two-Hour-a-Day Secret to Raising Great Kids
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
A two-hour school-night routine that helps parents support their children's social, emotional and intellectual development
School nights are a real challenge for most parents. Just as your energy flags, a slew of parenting duties looms ahead. Learn how to create a two-hour school night routine...
by Jennifer G
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2016
Relying on school to get your children to be successful shouldn’t be your only goal as a parent. Parents should consider engaging in their child’s wellbeing and improving their study habits. This book gives an overview of what to expect and what is needed to accomplish these goals. Their...