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Getting the Best Education for Your Child
Getting the Best Education for Your Child Author:James Keogh YOU ARE YOUR CHILD'S BEST ADVOCATE — You pay your taxes. You're active in the PTA. You may even have moved to your community because its school system had a great reputation. But is your child really getting the education he or she needs as an individual? — Getting the Best Education for Your Child is an essential guide to working with your child'... more »s school from kindergarten through sixth grade. School board member and newspaper columnist James Keogh provides the insights and strategies all parents need to ensure success for their children.
How much time is the teacher actually devoting to your child?
How safe is the school environment?
What grading standards are used?
What provisions are made for children with special needs?
What about such alternatives as private school and home schooling?
And most important, what is your child supposed to know by the end of the school year?
Don't be intimidated by a bureaucratic, defensive school system. You can make a difference in what your child gets out of school.« less