Get Smart!: Nine Sure Ways to Help Your Child Succeed in School

By Ronald J. Dietel

Praise for Get Smart "With his extensive knowledge of what works in education, Ron Dietel presents a compelling series of proven approaches to student success in school. A must-read for teachers and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787983349
• ISBN13: 9780787983345
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.1" x 6.4"

Customer Reviews

Perfect for Parents

There is no shortage out there of advice to parents about navigating the increasingly complex American education system. Unfortunately, much of it is anecdotal, idiosyncratic, and seriously uniformed by solid research. One can find in professional education journals analyses of what research is teaching us. Unfortunately, reading through and making sense of many of these treatises is an experience much like running through honey -- the residue on one's boots may be sweet, but the going is tough. We are now blessed to have available a book that successfully meets the need to inform and guide parents through the educational maze for the benefit of their children by drawing on research-based knowledge. Get Smart! is both accessible and smart. Dietel, who is an academic and a communicator, writes directly and clearly -- and never condescendingly. Get Smart! should be on the must-buy Christmas list for all parents with children in our nation's schools. It's not enough to wish that our schools were better and our kids better educated. We adults need to be smarter about enacting our responsibilities. Ron Dietel's new book can provide a great start in that direction.