Ron Clark's THE EXCELLENT 11 contains eleven sections, each with a theme directly related to teaching and raising children. In each section, the author gives advice, tells stories of his experiences, and explains the importance of each theme within the learning environment. The learning environment includes ... more »

Getting Ready for College is the ultimate easy-to-use guide to success for college-bound seniors, first-years, and their parents. Polly Berent answers the questions you didnt know you would need to ask: Whats the deal on financial aid and cash management? Should I bring a flashlight to school? Do I really ... more »

Kid Write is a program for your Franklin eBookMan that will help children learn to print the alphabet, both upper and lower case. The user can tap on a left or right arrow to cycle through the alphabet. Tapping the eraser or moving to the next letter will clear the screen of all drawings made by the ... more »

The Hyde program insists it's time to reconnect education with core values, emphasizing ten priorities balancing character and achievement. Children of all abilities and from every background can succeed beyond any expectations of them -- personally and academically. The stories here attest to the transformational ... more »

Home schooling has long been regarded as a last resort, particularly by African-American families. But in this inspirational and practical memoir, Paula Penn-Nabrit shares her intimate experiences of home-schooling her three sons, Charles, Damon, and Evan. Paula and her husband, C. Madison, decided to ... more »

Anyone struggling to learn any foreign language will benefit from the guidance and advice offered in this unique handbook. It will teach you how to get going, and how to learn any new language quickly and effectively. more »

The result of more than twenty years' collaborative work focusing on the heart of successful parenting, the acclaimed five disciplines program developed by Drs. Robert L. Johnson and Paulette Stanford has helped thousands of African-American children and their parents cope with the myriad of social challenges ... more »

This all-in-one guide shows parents and students how to select, apply to, get accepted by, and pay for college, from the experts at America's #1 educational consulting firm. The rules of college admissions have changed, and the competition today is tougher than ever. It's no longer enough to fill out ... more »

Here, at last, is a book brimming with the good news of raising children--the basic reassuring news about happiness and unconditional love, about enduring family connections and kids who grow up right. Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., father of three and a clinical psychiatrist, has thought long and hard about ... more »

With the insights she has gleaned from her close and subtle observation of parent-teacher conferences, renowned Harvard University professor Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot has written a wise, useful book about the ways in which parents and teachers can make the most of their essential conversation--the dialogue ... more »

Friends broaden our children's horizons, share their joys and secrets, and accompany them on their journeys into ever wider worlds. But friends can also gossip and betray, tease and exclude. Children can cause untold suffering, not only for their peers but for parents as well. In this wise and insightful ... more »

Different minds learn differently, writes Dr. Mel Levine. Frustrating a child's desire to learn will have lifelong repercussions. Not every child can do equally well in every type of learning. It's time we begin paying more attention to individual learning styles, encouraging a child's strengths, leading ... more »