Secrets of Your Child's Education: Hidden Causes of Success or Failure

by Alexa Frisbie

Overview

A practical guidebook for parents that lays bare the reasons why their children succeed or fail in school - from teacher-bullies to disconnected curriculum - and provides a host of practical fixes to help them ensure their children receive a healthy and productive in-school learning experience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781735846057
Publisher:	Mediacs
Publication date:	09/15/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

After graduating from the University of Virginia with a Master's Degree in Teaching, Alexa Stuart Frisbie taughtin San Francisco's public and private schools, trained teachers, created award-winning curriculum for NASAand the UC Berkeley's Bay Area Writing Project, and published articles on exemplary practices in teachingwriting, math and science. In 2009, she founded Workshop Education, an afterschool enrichment program serving thousands of Bay Area school children. Last January, Alexa lost her fight again late stage cancer and passed away shortly after this book was published.

Table of Contents

Foreword

A Personal Word about Teacher-Bullying

In The Beginning

Part I: The First C - Caring

What I have Seen

Why it Matters

Causes & Fixes

Part II: The Second C - Connected Curriculum

What I have Seen

Why it Matters

Causes & Fixes

Part III: The Third C - Creative Problem Solving

What I have SEen

Why it MatTers

Causes & Fixes

Part IV: Putting it All together

At-a-Glance Best Education 101

Finding Your Voice

Acknowledgments

About the Author