Picky Parent Guide: Choose Your Child's School With Confidence, the Elementary Years, K-6

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Summary: The most helpful guide to chosing a school
Review: Choosing a school is hard, but when it works, it unlocks worlds and possibilities for families. With the "Picky Parent Guide," the Hassels have created an indispensable guide to help parents undertake this most challenging responsibility: matching their kids with schools. They point out it's more than just finding the "good" schools; it's about making the right choice for your particular child. The tools provided are the right ones to make the smart call. The lively and accessible format, the checklists and the charts are all informed by the reality of today's schools. Armed with this knowledge, families will find choice truly satisfying, and great learning will take place.

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Summary: Wow. Am I Glad I Read This!
Review: Choosing a school is hard, but when it works, it unlocks worlds and possibilities for families. With the "Picky Parent Guide," the Hassels have created an indispensable guide to help parents undertake this most challenging responsibility: matching their kids with schools. They point out it's more than just finding the "good" schools; it's about making the right choice for your particular child. The tools provided are the right ones to make the smart call. The lively and accessible format, the checklists and the charts are all informed by the reality of today's schools. Armed with this knowledge, families will find choice truly satisfying, and great learning will take place.

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Summary: Wow. Am I Glad I Read This!
Review: If parents were asking these questions consistently, there is no doubt that the quality of education in America would be significantly better. The Picky Parent Guide provides an excellent framework to think about what educational choice really means, and the tools to put these ideas into action. The concepts are easy, and logical. This is an indispensable book for parents to learn about what they can do to help pro-actively and constructively ensure the optimal learning environment for their childen. The book enlightens parents about the factors to consider, and that indeed, there are a lot more choices in elementary education than you might think. Parents' choices are not limited to the question of public vs. private vs. parochial. The Picky Parent Guide is a great primer on how each child can be encouraged and supported to get the best possible education. It's an easy read - VERY helpful, very common sense, very encouraging and very actionable information. Read before your kids are in school so you have a way to think about this subject, and then read it again as your kids approach school age so that you can put what you've learned into action.

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Summary: Customized ways to improve a child's school performance
Review: Picky Parent Guide: Choose Your Child's School With Confidence - The Elementary Years (K-6) by school choice experts and advocates Bryan and Emily Hassel was written to be of practical utility to the tens of millions of parents who are picking a first school (or considering changing schools) for their child. Readers will learn practical, customized ways to improve a child's school performance, complete a step-by-step "Confident Choice Tool Kit" inquiry and thereby avoiding the waste of time and money; engaging in a detailed discussion designed to match child and family needs with what schools have to offer; learn stress saving tips on getting into a favored school; successfully dealing with teachers and school staff to acquire what a child needs; and so much more. If you have a child needing to be enrolled in a school that will do him or her the most good, then give a close and careful reading to the Picky Parent Guide.

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Summary: You need this book in your bookcase!
Review: There are few things more important than picking the right school for your child and this book will show you how to do it and feel very confident about your decision. We used this book when we were deciding whether to switch from private to public schools for our kids. We used many of the toolkits/checklists which made the process much easier. We have made the switch and our children have never been happier. Thank you for writing such an important book.