Rethinking school how to take charge of your child's education

"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 s...

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Main Author: Bauer, Susan Wise (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Edition: First edition.
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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.
Physical Description: xiv, 264 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-251) and index.
ISBN: 0393285960
9780393285963
Author Notes: Susan Wise Bauer is an educator and academic who has worked with parents and students for more than twenty years. She taught at the College of William and Mary in Virginia for fifteen years. Her previous best-selling titles for Norton include The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, Rethinking School, The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory, and the History of the World series