Your Child's School

The attitude you have about your child's teacher can affect your child's success with that teacher.

Encourage your teen to participate in an after-school program.

Skipping first grade is not usually advisable.

When a student is embarrassed by his freshman year performance, he needs to perform a self-exam of his academic year.

Most children do not "catch up" when held back. Retention won't turn them into successful students unless the reasons for their continuing struggles are addressed.

Our expert advises a parent to help her underachieving son understand his responsibilities for completing homework.

Learn tips to help your child prepare for a test.

Learn how to find directories for schools that teach children with learning disabilities.

A mother disagrees with the administrators of her son's school, who believe he has received a "fair and appropriate public education" and should graduate.

If you are concerned about your school's ranking, take a look at it with your own eyes first.

It is not at all unusual for gifted kids to immerse themselves in a single subject or interest to the exclusion of other topics.

Begin by conferencing with your son's school counselor, all his teachers, and him to determine what exactly is going on and to work out a plan.

Learn how magnet schools differ from other public schools.

Think carefully before allowing your child to leap ahead in the curriculum during the school year.

Read why this expert feels that retention usually doesn't work.

Not doing well might be a bid for attention -- any kind of attention, even if it's bad.

Is there an advantage to having grades K-6 in the same school, as opposed to grouping K-2 and 3-6?

Learn a number of steps that might make test-taking easier for an anxious child.