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Getting Our Kids Back on Track : Educating Children for the Future
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Getting Our Kids Back on Track : Educating Children for the Future Hardcover - 2000 - 1st Edition

by Bempechat, Janine

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Hoboken, NJ, U.S.A.: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2000 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. first edtition/first printing book is tight with no markings, minor curling to dj edges.
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  • Title Getting Our Kids Back on Track : Educating Children for the Future
  • Author Bempechat, Janine
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition First Edition/First Printing
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, Hoboken, NJ, U.S.A.
  • Date 2000
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 003245
  • ISBN 9780787949914 / 0787949914
  • Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.5 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Theometrics: Secular
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Child rearing - United States, Education - Parent participation - United
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99050951
  • Dewey Decimal Code 649.1

First line

As an educational researcher and parent of two school-age children, I find this mother's perspective troubling.

From the jacket flap

"My children spAnd five hours in school every day. They work very hard while they are there, and believe me, it's stressful. The last thing they need is homework. They need to come home and relax. They have a life outside of school."-Mother of Fourth grade twinsCompared to children from other industrialized countries, our nation's children are scholastic underachievers. But in our quest to keep our children "well-rounded" we leave little time for homework and other activities considered by many to be an important part of their education. It's obvious-our notions about promoting a child's positive self-esteem seem to contradict what is needed to achieve academic excellence. Is it too late to get our kids back on track?Not according to Janine Bempechat-an acclaimed educational researcher from Harvard and the parent of two school-aged children. Bempechat offers parents and teachers a practical guide to encourage and support children's academic success and, by doing so, bolster their self-worth.Getting Our Kids Back on Track reveals that those parents who advocate for reduced homework loads, stress-free schoolwork, and an increase in extracurricular activities are actually doing children a great disservice. Using illustrative real-life examples from her years of research, Bempechat shows how to set priorities and help children develop traits of persistence, diligence, and the ability to delay gratification. Getting Back on Track offers a wealth of advice and information including? Guidelines for structuring the home to support academic achievement? Tips for making homework an enriching part of daily family life? Directions for supporting teachers' values as well as parents' educational priorities? Pointers on how to balance schoolwork with extracurricular activities? Suggestions for laying the groundwork to provide a barrier against negative adolescent peer pressureThis important book offers a new vision that can inspire parents to create a

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  • Booklist, 04/15/2000, Page 1510

About the author

JANINE BEMPECHAT is assistant professor of education in the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The author of Against the Odds, Bempechat lectures and conducts workshops on the topic of motivation and achievement in children and is a frequent guest on National Public Radio.