School and Learning

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

This article describes the pros and cons of year-round schooling.

This article lists the things that teachers consistently wish parents would do.

Scoring well in one area of an achievement test does not necessarily define a child's abilities.

Build early literacy skills.

Read expert opinions on the worth of keeping a child back in kindergarten.

A mother seeks help for her teen with LD, who has not been helped in resource room and is now refusing to go to school.

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

This article discusses the pros and cons of school uniforms.

A parent is well-advised to consider the benefits and costs of her son's advanced work in kindergarten.

It's difficult to deal with college rejections, especially when you see kids all around you jumping for joy after being accepted.

It's a major transition period for both child and parents when the child returns home from college for the first time.

A six-year-old first grader is not about to choose a life of purposeful underachievement!

Read about the pros and cons of housing sixth-graders with ninth-graders.

Kindergarten readiness depends on many factors.

By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

In this article, an educator describes the value of poetry for kids language development.

Read about a typical workload for a fourth-grader and how to help him organize effectively.

Read about the pros and cons on all-day kindergartens.

Troubles with math and difficulty with language (understanding concepts and following directions) are telltale signs of a learning disability.

A teen with LD and poor spelling seeks help studying for the GED.