Low Reading and Math Levels
Learn some technique to help children with reading and math trouble. read more
September 9, 1999
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Mean Teachers
Find out what you can do when several children in a class are brought to tears by the teacher. read more
September 26, 2001
Mom Intimidated by Gifted Testing
Find out what's involved in gifted testing. read more
May 29, 2001
Motivating a First Grader
A six-year-old first grader is not about to choose a life of purposeful underachievement! read more
March 26, 1999
Academic Underachiever
Part of an academic underachiever's problem may be that he has never come to "own" this as his problem. read more
November 17, 1998
Are My Classroom Rules Paranoid?
It's quite normal for a bad experience to have effects on classroom rules, but one needs to be rational about the actual risks faced. read more
March 31, 2000
Artistically Talented, but Unmotivated
It is not at all unusual for gifted kids to immerse themselves in a single subject or interest to the exclusion of other topics. read more
April 22, 2002
Choosing to Repeat a Grade
It's rarely a good idea to hold back a good student simply because she wants to stick around. read more
May 30, 2001
Dealing with a Teacher with Attitude
Find tips on how to deal with a teacher who may be verbally abusing her class. read more
April 3, 2000
Skip First Grade?
Skipping first grade is not usually advisable. read more
June 13, 2002
Son Wants to Be Retained
Most children do not "catch up" when held back. Retention won't turn them into successful students unless the reasons for their continuing struggles a... read more
June 10, 2002
Honor Roll Student Now Failing to Complete Homework
Our expert advises a parent to help her underachieving son understand his responsibilities for completing homework. read more
June 3, 2002