Bibliograph

Rethinking school, how to take charge of your child's education, Susan Wise Bauer

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Rethinking school, how to take charge of your child's education, Susan Wise Bauer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-251) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rethinking school

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

988293766

Responsibility statement

Susan Wise Bauer

Sub title

how to take charge of your child's education

Summary

"In five illuminating sections, Bauer teaches parents how to flex the K-12 system, rather than the child. She closely analyzes the traditional school structure, gives trenchant criticisms of its weaknesses, and offers a wealth of advice for parents of children whose difficulties may stem from struggling with learning differences, maturity differences, toxic classroom environments, and even from giftedness..."--Dust jacket

Table Of Contents

Part I: The system. The way we do school ; The three biggest myths about school -- Part II: Mismatches. You can't make the Earth go around the Sun faster ; Differences, disabilities, and disorders ; The perils of the gifted and the good ; The toxic classroom -- Part III: Taking control. Basic principles (or, How not to be "that" parent) ; Control the tests ; Challenge the homework monster ; Accelerate (but don't necessarily skip) ; Shift the method ;Teach, yourself -- Part IV: Rethinking the system. The end result ; The child's vision ; All the other things school does ; Solving for X -- Part V: Opting out. Deciding to homeschool ; Getting started in five steps ; Developing independence ; Out-of-the-box teaching strategies ; Radical alternatives -- Postscript: About college -- Appendix A: High school and the transcript -- Appendix B: Skills vs. content -- Appendix C: A brief essential bibliography

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