 Educated
Child: A Parent's Guide from Preschool Through Eighth Grade
Hardcover, 688 Pages, Free Press, The, November 1999
ISBN: 0684833492
Author: Bennett, William J. / Finn,Jr., Chester
E. / Cribb,Jr. John T. E.
Subject / Style: Education & Teaching : Elementary,
Education & Teaching : Parent Participation
Description: With his patented perfect timing, former Secretary
of Education William Bennett provides an indispensable guide that clarifies
what constitutes a good education, and then outlines a clear plan of action
for securing it. (Education)
From the Publisher: If you care about the education of a child,
you need this book. Comprehensive and easy to use, it will inform, empower,
and encourage you.
Just as William J. Bennett's The Book of Virtues has helped millions
of Americans teach young people about character, The Educated Child
delivers what you need to take control. With coauthors Chester E. Finn,
Jr., and John T. E. Cribb, Jr., former Secretary of Education Bennett provides
the indispensable guide.
Championing a clear "back-to-basics" curriculum that will resonate with
parents and teachers tired of fads and jargon, The Educated Child
supplies an educational road map from earliest childhood to the threshold
of high school. It gives parents hundreds of practical suggestions for
helping each child succeed while showing what to look for in a good school
and what to watch out for in a weak one.
The Educated Child places you squarely at the center of your
young one's academic career and takes a no-nonsense view of your responsibilities.
It empowers you as mothers and fathers, enabling you to reclaim what has
been appropriated by "experts" and the education establishment. It out-lines
questions you will want to ask, then explains the answers -- or non-answers
-- you will be given. No longer will you feel powerless before the education
"system." The tools and advice in this guide put the power where it belongs
-- in the hands of those who know and love their children best.
Using excerpts from E. D. Hirsch's Core Knowledge Sequence, The Educated
Child sets forth a state-of-the art curriculum from kindergarten through
eighth grade that you can use to monitor what is and isn't being taught
in your school. It outlines how you can help teachers ensure that your
child masters the most important skills and knowledge. It takes on today's
education controversies from phonics to school choice, from outcomes-based
education to teaching values, from the education of gifted children to
the needs of the disabled. Because much of a youngster's education takes
place outside the school, The Educated Child also distills the essential
information you need to prepare children for kindergarten and explains
to the parents of older students how to deal with such challenges as television,
drugs, and sex.
If you seek high standards and solid, time-tested content for the child
you care so much about, if you want the unvarnished truth about what parents
and schools must do, The Educated Child is the one book you need
on your shelf.
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