What You'll Get in
Picky Parent Guide
"This is a first rate, practical guide for helping families match their children's needs with the right school. You'll learn everything from the secret ingredients of great schools to how to crack the mystery of securing a slot in the school of your choice."
—Bruno V. Manno, Ph.D., Senior Associate for Education,
The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Picky Parent Guide is a great value. Here's what you get inside...

  • Dozens of customized, practical ways to improve your child's school performance
  • Complete step-by-step Confident Choice Tool Kit 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 with schools
  • Complete research-based introduction to seven universal Great School Quality Factors that any parent can learn to recognize. Unbiased with respect to school type
  • 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 of all types
  • 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
  • Much more!

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"Choosing a school is hard, but when it works, it unlocks worlds and possibilities for families. The Hassels have created an indispensable guide to help parents undertake this most challenging responsibility: matching their kids with schools. The tools provided are the right ones to make the smart call. The lively and accessible format, the checklists and the charts are all informed by the reality of today's schools. Armed with this knowledge, families will find choice truly satisfying, and great learning will take place."
—John Ayers, Executive Director,
Leadership for Quality Education, Chicago