{"product_id":"rethinking-school-susan-wise-bauer-9780393285963","title":"Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child's Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaught 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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!).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eRethinking School\u003c\/em\u003e is a guide to one aspect of sane, humane parenting: negotiating the twelve-grade school system in a way that nurtures and protects your child's mind, emotions, and spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Wise Bauer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393285960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393285963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2018 pg. 147","brand":"Susan Wise Bauer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43990170271999,"sku":"9780393285963","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_be9729a4-670d-44f2-b50e-d5f08e4f06f4.jpg?v=1683303390","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rethinking-school-susan-wise-bauer-9780393285963","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}