Hidden Dangers to Kids' Learning

A Parent Guide to Cope with Educational Roadblocks

By (author) Betsy Gunzelmann

Publication date:

16 January 2010

Length of book:

122 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

Dimensions:

232x155mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781607094449

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 it is too late. Parents have new reasons to believe in their children and new ways to help their children be able to cope in the global community. Gunzelmann explains that because schools and classrooms vary greatly, uniform policies and standards are hidden dangers that may interfere with optimal learning. One school may produce excited students who excel, while other schools with the same policies in that district experience student failure and increased dropout rates. The solution she offers lies in understanding children's basic needs, their learning styles, and the need to foster/teach resilience, optimism, and flexibility.

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Introduction
Part 3 Smart Kids Failed By Our Schools
Chapter 4 New Reasons to Believe in Your Child & New Possibilities for Academic Success
Chapter 5 Is This Your Child? Understanding Hidden Dangers That Sabotage Your Child's Learning.
Part 6 Are Hidden Problems in Ours Schools Negatively Affecting Your Child's Learning?
Chapter 7 Researched-Based Foundation to Understand the Needs of Children in School
Chapter 8 Misguided Assumptions, Attitudes, and Procedures that Negatively Impact Smart Kids
Chapter 9 Hidden Dangers in Testing that Impact Your Child
Chapter 10 Hidden Dangers with Labeling that Can Harm Your Child
Chapter 11 Gender Problems that Effect Your Child's Learning
Chapter 12 Paradoxical Safety Problems that Effect Student Learning
Chapter 13 Buildings Problems that Negatively Impact Your Child's Learning
Part 14 What Can We Do as Parents for Short-Term and for Long-Term Improvement?
Chapter 15 System Overhaul: Developing a Healthy School
Chapter 16 Transcending Dangers: Improvement for All Students
Chapter 17 Options/Alternatives for Parents of Smart Kids Struggling in School

Across America, many parents realize that their children are not receiving the education that they need, yet they do not know how to navigate change in the schools. This timely book provides parents with an overview of the major obstacles that plague our schools today. Gunzelmann graciously offers practical advice to parents such as to first listen carefully to the educational needs and concerns expressed by their children. She then provides different avenues that parents can use to successfully navigate their children’s specific academic, emotional and/or health needs in the K–12 schools.