academic achievement

Contains over twenty essays written by and for teens that offer advice on surviving high school, choosing a college, and the admissions process, and discuss alternatives to the four-year college.

Addresses all of the elements that are absolutely necessary for effective and enduring educational reform.

Explains the whole-faculty study group process as an approach to school reform, discussing the role of the principal, the developmental stages of study groups, and other topics, and looking at why the process is so successful when properly applied. Includes forms, action plans, logs, activities, and other resources.

Presents a step-by-step program showing how teachers, parents, and students can work together for student achievement.

An instructional book helps parents and educators distinguish between needless worry and reasonable concern over their children's education and development to more effectively aid young ones in becoming successful learners.

Offers advice to parents on how to help their children overcome learning problems, explaining how to evaluate a child's pattern of learning and identify strengths and weaknesses, and describing strategies for combating underachievement.

Introduces the concepts of developmental placement and school readiness, and discusses the differences between developmental and chronological age.