School and Learning

Advice for a teacher who feels oppressed by an overbearing administration.

Read suggestions for preventing mosquito bites in kids.

The benefits to team-teaching are many.

Find out when it's the right time to consult a specialist about her possible dyslexia.

Teachers occasionally need to recommit themselves to finding teaching approaches that work.

An expert weighs in on public school versus private boarding school.

How important is phonics work for middle-school aged homeschoolers?

Our expert suggests steps a mother can take to solve her son's problem of talking in class.

The best way to combat your child's learning difficulties is to team up with the teacher. Find tips on communicating with your child's teacher.

Are irresponsibility and distraction reasons to retain a child?

Learn how to reconcile your child's grades with his academic placement.

There are steps parents can take both to enforce the IEP and to obtain compensatory services to make up for the lost services.

There is certainly a relationship between hearing and spelling, but it's not the only explanation for spelling difficulties.

Even if your local school doesn't offer a gifted program, you can challenge and nurture your gifted child.

Families in which the parents come from different cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds must discover their own ways of celebrating the holiday season.

A school psychologist can determine whether a child has a reading disability or just reading difficulty.

Practical techniques for reducing absenteeism in school.

Our expert recommends a comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation to identify a teen's problems and true potential.