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May 2003

Booklists · Parents and Schools: Partners in the Future

A Healthy Start

Cover of Boost Your Child’s Self-Esteem: Simple, Effective Ways to Build Children’s Self-Respect and Confidence

Boost Your Child’s Self-Esteem: Simple, Effective Ways to Build Children’s Self-Respect and Confidence

Karin Ireland

Coloring Outside the Lines: Raising a Smarter Kid By Breaking All the Rules

Roger C. Schank

Early Childhood: Where Learning Begins

Carol Sue Fromboluti

How to be Your Child’s First Teacher: Insights for Parent Involvement

Jennifer R. Bradford-Vernon

Motivated Minds: Raising Children to Love Learning

Deborah J. Stipek

Our Special World: Parents and Preschoolers Living, Learning and Playing Together

Smart Start: The Parents’ Guide to Preschool Education

Marian Edelman Borden

Who am I in the Lives of Children?: An Introduction to Teaching Young Children

Stephanie Feeney

You Are Your Child’s First Teacher

Rahima Baldwin

The Best Education

Cover of Going to School: How to Help Your Child Succeed: A Handbook for Parents of Children Ages 3–8

Going to School: How to Help Your Child Succeed: A Handbook for Parents of Children Ages 3–8

Sharon L. Ramey

Doors Open From Both Sides: The Off-to-College Guide From Two Points of View, Parents and Students

Margo E. Bane

The Educated Child: A Parent’s Guide From Preschool Through Eighth Grade

William J Bennett

Getting the Best Education for Your Child: A Parent’s Checklist

James Keogh

High School Bound: the Ultimate Guide for High School Success and Survival

Martin J. Spethman

High Stakes High School: A Guide for the Perplexed Parent

Allison Zmuda

How Is My Fourth Grader Doing in School?: What to Expect and How to Help

Jennifer Jacobsen

How is My Kid Doing: A Parent’s Guide to Grades, Marks, and Report Cards

Thomas R. Guskey

A Parents Guide to Sex, Drugs, and Flunking Out: Answers to the Questions Your College Student Doesn’t Want You to Ask

Joel Epstein

Peterson’s Game Plan for Getting into Private School

What Really Happens in School: A Guide to Your Child’s Emotional, Social, and Intellectual Development, Grades K-5

Working Parents Can Raise Smart Kids: The “Time-Starved” Parent’s Guide to Helping Your Child Succeed in School

John E. Beaulieu

Your Child: Bully or Victim?: Understanding and Ending Schoolyard Tyranny

Peter Sheras

Parents and Teachers as Partners

Cover of Finding Help When Your Child Is Struggling in School

Finding Help When Your Child Is Struggling in School

Lawrence J. Greene

Involving Parents In Education: A Handbook for Secondary Schools

176 Ways to Involve Parents

Betty Boult

The Passionate Learner: How Teachers and Parents Can Help Children Reclaim the Joy of Discovery

Robert L. Fried

Reaching Out: a K–8 Resource for Connecting Families and Schools

School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action

Joyce L. Epstein

What to Do When Your Child Has Trouble at School

Karen Levine

Homework

Cover of The Battle Over Homework: Common Ground for Administrators, Teachers, and Parents

The Battle Over Homework: Common Ground for Administrators, Teachers, and Parents

Harris M. Cooper

Helping Your Child Learn Math

Patsy F. Kanter

Homework Heroes

Drew Johnson

How to Help Your Child With Homework: Every Caring Parent’s Guide to Encouraging Good Study Habits and Ending the Homework Wars: For Parents of Children Ages 6-13

Marguerite C. Radencich

99 Ways to Get Your Kids to Do Their Homework (and Not Hate It)

Mary Leonhardt

A Parent’s Guide to School Projects

Kathy Weir

Seven Steps to Homework Success: A Family Guide for SolvingCommon Homework Problems

Sydney S. Zentall

Study Skills

Cover of Home School, High School, and Beyond: a Time Management, Career Exploration, Organization, and Study Skills Course

Home School, High School, and Beyond: a Time Management, Career Exploration, Organization, and Study Skills Course

Beverly L. Adams-Gordon

How to Study

Ronald W. Fry

How to Improve Your Study Skills

Marcia J. Coman

Overcoming Underachieving: A Simple Plan to Boost Your Kids’ Grades and End the Homework Hassles

Ruth Allen Peters

Test Taking

Cover of ARCO Master the SAT

ARCO Master the SAT

Passing the Ohio Graduation Test: A Comprehensive Student Self-Study Book Featuring Test-Taking and Problem Solving Skills Specifically Designed to Help You Pass the Ohio Graduation Test

Passing the Ohio Ninth Grade Proficiency Test: Test-Taking and Problem Solving Skills Specifically Designed to Help You Pass the Ohio Ninth Grade Proficiency Test

Kevin D. Arnold

School Testing: What Parents and Educators Need to Know

Estelle S. Gellman

The Secrets of Taking Any Test

Judith N. Meyers

Test Taking Strategies and Study Skills for the Utterly Confused

Laurie Rozakis
Additional library materials can be located in the Library Catalog using these subject headings:
  • Homework
  • Home and school
  • Study Skills
  • Education--Parent participation
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