The Learning Advisor series is designed to help parents find answers to their most pressing questions. Written in a friendly Q & A format, this series addresses the topics critical to school success with research-based answers! Available in both English and Spanish, The Learning Advisor series will help children (and your school) be successful!

Questions Parents Ask About...

Attendance

Teachers can’t teach students who aren’t in school. Yet parents don’t always understand the link between attendance and achievement. There is strong evidence that regular school attendance is linked to lower drop-out rates and higher student achievement. This booklet addresses many questions parents ask about attendance issues, including how to handle school refusal, illness, family vacations, unfinished homework and fear of bullies. Stock #371A (Spanish #471A)

Questions Parents Ask About...

Bullies

Bullying is a major problem in schools today, not only for the victims, but for the administrators who must address it and the parents trying to help. Give parents hope and solutions with this booklet, covering bullies, bullying and cyberbullying. Stock #372A (Spanish #472A)

Questions Parents Ask About...

Discipline

Educators continue to list discipline as one of the top issues affecting student achievement. When teachers have to stop teaching to handle discipline problems, valuable teaching time—and valuable learning time—are lost! Important lessons about behavior work best when parents and schools work together to establish limits of acceptable behavior. This booklet provides guidance and answers to questions parents ask about issues such as: responsibility, respect, bullying, honesty—and more. Stock #373A (Spanish #473A)

Questions Parents Ask About...

Homework

Students who regularly complete homework assignments are much more likely to succeed in school. Educators know that homework can reinforce lessons taught in class, teach self-discipline, develop perseverance and maintain the all-important home-school connection. This booklet addresses questions ask about homework including how to get children organized for homework, how to avoid being the “homework police,” how to help with long-range assignments and how to help with reading and math. Stock #374A (Spanish #474A)

Questions Parents Ask About...

Tests & Quizzes

Improve the test-taking skills of every student! This booklet gives parents proven ways to help their children study and prepare for tests—for everyday testing situations and high-stakes tests. Stock #375A (Spanish #475A)

Questions Parents Ask About...

Working With Your School

Research shows that children whose parents are involved with their school show a significant improvement in academic achievement and cognitive development. But too often parents today just don’t take the time or know how they can work with their child’s school. The answers provided to the questions posed in this booklet give parents advice on how to work with the school when a child is struggling academically, when a child doesn’t like a teacher, when a child is bullied and when it’s time for the parent-teacher conference. The advice reassures parents that schools value their involvement and promotes the importance of working with the school. Stock #376A (Spanish #476A)

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