Gradebusters: How Parents Can End the Bad Grades Battle
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (853 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1890862398 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Professor/Coordinator of Multicultural Affairs, Louisiana State University (Alexandria)Reads like parent's private session with author, who shares step-by-step solutions in highly readable style Highly recommended -- Library Journal. -- Dessie S. -- Elizabeth Leiknes, California English TeacherDeals with issues head-on that would otherwise plague our children with bad grades and rob them of innate talents. Bravo for acknowledging conflict as a necessary in being a parent, and reminding us school is a full-time job. Williams, President, National Association for Developmental Education, and Asst
Too little - too late TLT I wish I would have read this book when my first was in kindergarten. It is too difficult to change 10 years of bad habits. Some good suggestions though.. Excellent Guidance I have struggled year after year with both of my boys' grades. This book has helped give me a game plan and gives the best advice of all the parenting books I have read.
What do I do now?" From three decades as a counselor, Schmitz knows that most parents deeply want to help their children at school. But he knows all too well how powerless most parents feel in turning their lackluster learners around, and he knows, from long experience, how often, and how bitterly, parents clash with their children during "you've got to do better" periods. In Gradebusters: How Parents Can End the Bad Grades Battle, he shares his practical methods with parents disturbed about their kids' low levels of academic achievement.. Schmitz, and it's making my life hellish at home. To keep household conflict from escalating, and to show concerned parents how to be part of the solution, Schmitz put down in book form all the successful advice he's been dispensing for thirty years. Throughout his long and varied career as an educator, Steve Schmitz has been told one story, and asked one question, more than any other: "I know my child is in grade trouble at school, Dr. I've tried everything, and nothing works
In addition, he has trained teachers, nurses, researchers, and social workers around the world. For more than 25 years, he has taught classes at schools such as the University of Florida, Spring International Language Center, the University of Guam, the Micronesian Language Institute, and Colegio Nueva Granada. He currently lives with his partner, Patricia Walker, in a tiny loft apartment along the Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach, California. Gradebu