Your Child's School

What can you do when your spouse makes unrealistic study and homework rules for the kids?

A mother wants to know what she can do to get her son motivated.

Learn more about charter schools.

Parents who make unrealistic demands of their kids risk seeing their kids' mental, emotional and physical well-being severely compromised.

Discovering why your child doesn't care about school is the first step in helping him succeed.

A mother fears that her son will become Catholic is he remains at a parochial school.

An expert cautions parents not to rush to make a decision about high school for their ten-year-old son.

Detect why a fourth-grader might give up on schoolwork.

Being supportive of a teacher's policies can be difficult when your child has to suffer consequences.

Learn some technique to help children with reading and math trouble.

Understand the advantages and disadvantages of single-sex classrooms.

School uniforms can reduce violence, and help in other ways, as well.

Learn how to help your child prepare for standardized tests.

Retention is always a last resort, especially for students with learning disabilities.

Is it legal for my child to pray at school? Is it okay for the chorus to sing Christmas carols? Here are the answers to your most pressing questions about religion at school.

Discern the differences between a parochial school and a public school.

What can parents do when their daughter stops focusing on her high-school academics because they are "not relevant" to her chosen career of musical theater?

The pros and cons of year-round school are dealt with in this article.