Picky Parent

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"All parents should have this book by the time their kids
are 3 years old, if not sooner."

—Johnathan Williams,
Co-Founder and Co-Director, The Accelerated School, Los Angeles, The Time Magazine Elementary School of the Year 2001

"These tools eased our worries and helped us
choose just the right school for our child and family."
—Gray Dunaway, Mortgage Broker and Mother of Two

"I love this book! ... Picky Parent Guide will enable parents to make the best decisions possible for their children."

—Gaynor McCown, Executive Director, The Teaching Commission


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Picky Parent Guide: Choose Your Child's School with

Confidence (The Elementary Years, K-6)

By Bryan C. Hassel, Ph.D. & Emily Ayscue Hassel

Description:
The new era of parental choice in elementary education is here, and it is up to parents to become smart school shoppers for their children. Picky Parent Guide is the definitive action manual and reference guide that takes the stress out of these critical, yet confusing, decisions, and allows parents to obtain the best educational results for their children. Picky Parent Guide is the first book that combines:

A thorough discussion of child and family needs as they relate to education.
Research based guidance on school quality fundamentals, regardless of school type.
A complete toolkit that organizes the school choice process for parents.

This book is complete and leaves no stones unturned. Here is what you get inside Picky Parent Guide:

Dozens of customized, practical ways to improve your child's school performance
Complete step-by-step Confident Choice Tool Kit with over 20 tools to help you choose the right school, without wasting hundreds of hours and potentially thousands of dollars
Point-by-point discussion to help you match your child and family needs to what schools offer
Complete research based introduction to the seven Great School Quality Factors that any parent can learn to recognize. Unbiased with respect to school type
Filled with surprising, often touching stories of school choice success
School types, teaching methods and educational lingo explained and demystified
Customized questions, targeting your needs, to ask when visiting schools
Stress-saving tips on getting in to your favorite schools
Plainspoken advice on how to interact with school staff to get what your child needs
Dozens of ways to get for your child what you can't get at your current school
And much more!

Book Details:
Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Armchair Press (May 2004)
ISBN: 0974462772

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Table of Contents

List of Confident Choice Tools

Preface

About the Authors

Chapter 1

Index

To Parents of Toddlers Choosing a Preschool or Day Care

To Parents of Rising or Current Middle and High School Students