This QuickTips brochure explains how parents can use the power of high expectations to motivate their child to learn and excel.

The power of expectations to motivate a child to learn is known to school leaders, teachers and researchers alike. When the child knows that adults he respects believe he can learn a subject, even excel at it, the chances are very good he will do just that. It's true for student behavior, too. The same child who is disruptive in one class room may be perfectly behaved in another where she knows the teacher expects good behavior. This QuickTips brochure shares the secrets.