Description

Our K-12 school system isnt a good fit for allor even moststudents. It prioritizes a single way of understanding the world over all others, pushes children into a rigid set of grades with little regard for individual maturity, and slaps disability labels on differences in learning style. Caught in this system, far too many young learners end up discouraged.

This informed, compassionate, and practical guidebook will show you how to take control of your childs K-12 experience and negotiate the school system in a way that nurtures your childs mind, emotions, and spirit.

Understand why we have twelve grades, and why we match them to ages.

Evaluate your childs maturity, and determine how to use that knowledge to your advantage.

Find out what subject areas we study in school, why they existand how to tinker with them.

Discover what learning disabilities and intellectual giftedness are, how they can overlap, how to recognize them, and how those labels can help (or hinder) you.

Work effectively with your childs teachers, tutors, and coaches.

Learn to teach important subjects yourself.

Challenge accepted ideas about homework and standardized testing.

Help your child develop a vision for the future.

Reclaim your families priorities (including time for eating together, playing, imagining, traveling, and, yes, sleeping!).

Plan for collegeor apprenticeships.

Consider out-of-the-box alternatives.

Author: Susan Wise Bauer
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 01/08/2019
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.6lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780393356847
Language: English