Author: John Holt
Publisher: Sentient Publicatio
Keywords: school, underachieving
Number of Pages: 164
Published: 2005-09-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1591810388
ISBN-13: 9781591810384

John Holt, the "grandfather" of homeschooling, shook up the education establishment and launched many parents’ thoughts about better ways to teach their children. In this book he lays out his basic arguments about how schools fail our children, and he offers a wealth of inspiring ideas for what to do about it. The Underachieving School is a collection of essays and articles written and compiled by Holt, each brimming with inspiration and ideas on how to teach children--taking into account the ways in which children actually learn. Through his original thinking, clear and thoughtful writi

Author: Derek Bok
Publisher: Princeton University Pre
Keywords: learning, new, learn, students, colleges, candid, underachieving
Number of Pages: 434
Published: 2007-12-26
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0691136181
ISBN-13: 9780691136189

Drawing on a large body of empirical evidence, former Harvard President Derek Bok examines how much progress college students actually make toward widely accepted goals of undergraduate education. His conclusions are sobering. Although most students make gains in many important respects, they improve much less than they should in such important areas as writing, critical thinking, quantitative skills, and moral reasoning. Large majorities of college seniors do not feel that they have made substantial progress in speaking a foreign language, acquiring cultural and aesthetic interests, or learni

Author: Michael D. Whitley
Publisher: Perigee Trade
Keywords: motivating, underachieving, child, understanding, grades, minds, poor, bright
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2001-07-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0399527052
ISBN-13: 9780399527050

For any parent who has ever been told, "your child isn’t performing up to his or her potential," this book has the answer. Renowned clinical psychologist Michael Whitley, Ph.D. offers a proven ten-step program to motivate underachieving children. This easy-to follow book identifies the six types of underachievers from the procrastinator to the hidden perfectionist to the con artist, and it presents the ten steps to help children succeed in school-and ultimately, in life.

Author: Leonard Sax
Publisher: Basic Books
Keywords: boys, unmotivated, underachieving, men, epidemic, driving, adrift, five, factors, growing
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2007-08-14
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0465072097
ISBN-13: 9780465072095

Family physician, research psychologist, and acclaimed author of Why Gender Matters, Leonard Sax reveals the truth about what’s driving the decline of American boys--and what parents can do about it. Something scary is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, they are less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere twenty years ago. As for young men, it turns out the film Failure to Launch is not far from the truth. Fully one-third of men ages 22-34 are still living at home with their parents--about a 100 percent increase in the past twenty years. Boys nationwide

Authors:Robert Dale Barr, William H. (Hays) Parrett,
Publisher: Corwin Press
Keywords: saving, schools, students, improving, underachieving, proven, strategies, helping
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2007-10-08
List price: $44.95
ISBN-10: 1412957931
ISBN-13: 9781412957939

This field-tested resource outlines effective approaches for improving student learning, proficiency, and achievement at all levels through learning-focused priorities, results-driven practices, and high academic expectations.