School Success

School Success: An Introduction

School and learning are two of the most important things in a young person’s life, and are essential for successful positive development. Because it has such a great effect on your child’s future, it’s crucial that you get involved in your child’s schooling and do what you can to help her make the most of her education.

Helping Your Child with Standardized Tests

You can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you can’t tell who the best people are.
—Barnaby Keeney, American University President

Whether your child is young or olde

Reading: Getting Kids Excited about Books

Read all you can lay your hands on. The rewards of reading never diminish.
—Helen Ganz, literacy advocate

Reading is powerful.

Out-of-School Time

_Out-of-school time is a golden opportunity to engage youth in their own development and in serving their communities.

Fun Ways to Learn during the Summer

All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.
—Martin H. Fischer, American professor of physiology

Parents worry about it.

Do Grades Really Matter?

_But there are advantages to being elected President.

How to Help Your Kids Bond with Their Schools

School’s a weird thing. I’m not sure it works.
—Johnny Depp

Parents play a big role in making sure their child’s school is both caring and challenging.

Connecting with Teachers

Finding the time to build a relationship with a child’s teacher or primary caregiver can be a challenge.

Making Homework Work for Your Family

_Homework should be meaningful.

When Your Child Doesn't Like School

All too often we are giving our young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.
—John W. Gardner

The reality is that some kids just don’t like school.