Explore the revolutionary insights of Susan Wise Bauer in this essential read for parents navigating the complexities of the modern K-12 school system. In 'Rethinking School', Bauer challenges the traditional educational paradigm that often fails to cater to individual learning styles, maturity differences, and emotional well-being. This insightful book critiques the rigid structure of the current educational model, highlighting how it can leave many students feeling disconnected and discouraged.

With a refreshing blend of humor and expertise, Bauer empowers parents to question the status quo and advocate for their children. Rather than labeling students as 'disabilities' based on their unique learning needs, she encourages a paradigm shift focusing on the systemic issues within schools. This book underscores the importance of flexibility in the K-12 education system, providing parents with practical strategies and insights drawn from Bauer's extensive experience in educational consulting and her journey as a homeschooling parent.

The book is a must-have resource for any parent concerned about their child's educational journey, especially those facing challenges such as learning differences or toxic classroom environments. Whether your child is struggling or is exceptionally gifted, this book offers invaluable perspectives and advice to help navigate the complexities of education today.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780393285963
Year: 2018
Publisher: W W Norton & Company
Pages: 288

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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780393285963
Year: 2018
Publisher: W W Norton & Company
Pages: 288


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Our K-12 school system is an artificial product of market forces. It isn't a good fit for all”or even most”students. It prioritizes a single way of understanding the world over all others, pushes children into a rigid set of grades with little regard for individual maturity, and slaps "disability" labels over differences in learning style.


Caught in this system, far too many young learners end up discouraged, disconnected, and unhappy. And when they struggle, school pressures parents, with overwhelming force, into "fixing" their children rather than questioning the system.


With boldness, experience, and humor, Susan Wise Bauer turns conventional wisdom on its head: When a serious problem arises at school, the fault is more likely to lie with the school, or the educational system itself, than with the child.


In five illuminating sections, Bauer teaches parents how to flex the K-12 system, rather than the child. She closely analyzes the traditional school structure, gives trenchant criticisms of its weaknesses, and offers a wealth of advice for parents of children whose difficulties may stem from struggling with learning differences, maturity differences, toxic classroom environments, and even from giftedness (not as much of a "gift" as you might think!).


As the author of the classic book on home-schooling, The Well-Trained Mind, Bauer knows how children learn and how schools work. Her advice here is comprehensive and anecdotal, including material drawn from experience with her own four children and more than twenty years of educational consulting and university teaching.


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