Find smart academic advice for helping kids in every grade and subject.
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School and LearningLearning Styles
Custody questions should be addressed on an individual basis.
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School and LearningReading
Learn how to educate yourself about nonverbal learning disorders (NLD).
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School and LearningParental Involvement
Before you can determine anything, you should meet face-to-face with the teacher, and bring your daughter along.
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School and LearningParental Involvement
Is your child relying too much on you for her homework?
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School and LearningHomeschooling
Many children return to school or start school after homeschooling. When the change is child-initiated, the transition generally goes well. When the change is parent-initiated, there can be an adjustment period of a few months. Find if homeschooling or public school is the best for your child.
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School and LearningHomeschooling
The issue here is not verifying if your stepdaughter is on-target with her public-schooled peers, but rather understanding both the homeschool philosophy and how children learn.
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School and LearningHomeschooling
Homeschooling is usually done by a parent or guardian. Additional classes, activities, or group learning experiences may supplement a child's basic course of study.
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School and LearningHomeschooling
According to The Homeschooling Book of Answers by Linda Dobson, 24 states allow homeschoolers to participate in interscholastic sports (one school competing against another school).
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School and LearningHomeschoolingBy FamilyEducation Editorial Staff
There's a better way for teens to learn, and it's easier than you think.
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School and LearningCollege
The talent search programs identify highly gifted students. Middle-schoolers take the SAT or ACT as an out-of-level screening device.
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School and LearningLearning Styles
When children are identified as both gifted and dyslexic, it is appropriate to provide services in both areas.
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School and LearningCollege
A mother seeks information about LD/ADD scholarships for a son about to enter college.
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School and LearningLearning Styles
A mother asks how to find classes on 504 Plans in the Solano, Sacramento county areas of California.
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School and LearningCollege
Some colleges prefer one test or the other in their admissions processes, but both tests are good for selecting students for accelerated content-based programs, such as Talent Search.
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School and LearningLearning Styles
Different areas of development -- physical, intellectual, social, and emotional -- are often not at the same point in gifted-and-talented children.
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School and LearningKindergarten
It may not be developmentally appropriate for kindergartners to rush through lessons.
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School and LearningSchool Performance
Find out what you can do when several children in a class are brought to tears by the teacher.
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School and LearningSchool Performance
Find out what to do when your child's teacher for the new school year has higher expectations than his previous teacher.
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