Teach Your Kids Arithmetic - "The Nifty Five Square Technique" by Joe Pagano
... After I started cataloguing my system of techniques toward the aim of producing a DVD series, I discovered that certain aspects of my teaching were similar to the methods taught in the Vedic system of mathematics. This system is based on the sutras of Sri Bharati Tirthaji Krishna (1884-1960) and such system is a beautifully catalogued compilation for showing how to do mathematics more naturally and efficiently. A sutra is a Hindu piece of writing meant to teach aphoristically, and such ...

Parents --- Homeschooling Can Take a Lot Less Time Than You Think by Joel Turtel
... . .” To be conservative, let’s assume that because you’re not an experienced teacher it takes you three hundred hours to teach your child these skills with the help of learn-to-read phonics workbooks and computer software. Three hundred hours, divided by the average six-hour public school day, comes out to fifty school days, which is about ten weeks or three months. Let me emphasize this point — it could take you, or a tutor you pay, as little as three months to teach your child to read, ...

The Shocking Secret Behind Your Math Blocks by Kenneth Williams
... What would happen if you were taught to drive a car the same way you were taught to do math? - Your neck would ache from the strain of constantly looking over your shoulder. - You'd never go anywhere fast. And - You'd be a danger to everyone else on the road! Pretty soon you'd give up driving completely, and settle for public transport. Just like the day you gave up trying to calculate in your head and settled for a lifetime of calculator dependency.

Preparing Yourself for Home Schooling by Low Jeremy
... With home schooling, you do not rely on anyone else to make your kids learn. That responsibility will fall on your lap. The same goes with preparing your children's home school supplies. It won't be as extensive a list as what public schools would require, but it would be wise to have your own list ready before you do your shopping. Here is a list of important things that you should always have ready on your home for your kids' home schooling supplies.

My Kid is Smart- So Why is He Getting Bad Grades? by Sadiq Ansari
... In most cases, I would shy away from sending your kid to a psychotherapist because I've rarely seen them actually connect with kids (that being said, I do think they can work if there are other things wrong - just don't send your kid to a shrink for bad grades, that's what tutors are for). Effort is the number one key to good grades. Students need to spend the time and seek the help they need to understand EVERYTHING they are expected to know. Teachers tell the students what will be on ...

Parents Demand Dumbed-down Tests:An Unintended Bad Consequence of the No Child Left Behind Act by Joel Turtel
... But this Act means that badly-taught students, victims of dumbed-down texts and bad teaching methods like new math and whole-language instruction, now have to pass difficult standardized tests they are not ready for. As a result, millions of students may fail these tests, not because they are dumb, but because the schools never taught them to read properly or solve a math problem without a calculator. Millions of high school students with low reading and math skills now risk not graduating ...

Getting Your Kids Organized for School in 5 Quick Steps by Sara Pedersen
... It’s never too early (or too late) to teach kids how to get and stay organized with schoolwork. The skills they learn now will carry over into high school, college, and ultimately, their careers and home management as adults. 1. Establish a great homework routine. With your child, determine the best time for daily school work and stick with it. For some kids, it will be right after school. Others may need some downtime to play, and then it’s time to hit the books.

Parents' Complaints --- Arrogant Public Schools Turn a Deaf Ear by Joel Turtel
... To avoid these complaints, public schools often try to keep secret from parents what they teach in these sex-ed classes. Moreover, teachers, principals, and school authorities don't have to listen to those amateur, irritating parents who complain that their kids can't read. Public-school employees get tenure after a few years. That means, in effect, that it's almost impossible to fire them, no matter how bad or even mediocre they are. If you couldn't be fired, would you care about parent's ...