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81 Questions for Parents

Helping Your Kids Succeed in School

by Kristen J. Amundson
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As a former teacher, school board chair, and state legislator, Kristen J. Amundson has spent decades answering parents' questions about school. 81 Questions for Parents: Helping Your Kids Succeed in School highlights the most important of these questions, covering a child's school journey from preschool to postsecondary education. It includes some of the school secrets parents need to know—the often unwritten rules that can make a child's K-12 experience the best it can be. Should you "redshirt" your kindergartener (and hold them out for a year)? How much parent help on homework is too much? And why could playing in the band be a secret to getting your child into a good college? And for parents who are struggling to teach their child at home, there are tips on how to do that while still keeping your sanity (and your own job). 81 Questions for Parents combines common sense, research, and a little humor to help parents support their child to get the best possible education.

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    May 17, 2021

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      • ISBN: 9781475859355

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      • ISBN: 9781475859355
      • File size: 559 KB

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    • English

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    • Booklist

      April 15, 2021
      Amundson taught in the classroom and spent nearly a decade on her local school board, but the time devoted to raising her daughter, Amundson writes, was "even more important than those professional qualifications." This book shares Amundson's years of experience, as well as advice gathered from parents of children of all ages attending public, private, and charter schools. Amundson also draws from teachers, school administrators, and education research to get the answers parents need to know, but which schools don't always disclose. She begins with the six "big questions all parents should ask," and addresses the current pandemic, during which the kitchen table became the classroom for many. She moves on to the elementary years, when parents decide when and where to send their children to kindergarten; the tumultuous middle school years, when children navigate new schools, new friendships, and the influence of technology; and the high school years and beyond. Amundson's questions and valuable collection of "unwritten rules" will help parents make a child's school experience as positive and successful as possible.

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