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Title: The Educated Child: A Parent's Guide from Preschool Through Eighth Grade by William J. Bennett, Chester E., Jr. Finn, Murphy Guyer, John T. E., Jr. Cribb ISBN: 0-671-04781-7 Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Audio) Pub. Date: November, 1999 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Guide to Read and to Reference
Comment: Bennett, Finn & Cribb provide for all parents what parents of special needs children have had for a long time - an individualized education plan, a guide for what their children need to learn and a yardstick to measure the school's performance. Since my children are in 3rd and 5th grade, I immediately went to those sections to see how we were doing in our tiny four school district, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that we do well here, but could do better. I found their treatment of issues such as learning disabilty, ADHD and giftedness to be even handed and practical. By using this text as a guide parents (and hopefully school boards and principals) will be less inclined to jump on the latest educational bandwagon, and will instead stay focused on what needs to be done. The chapter on "Temptation and Troubles", dealing with the influences of TV, internet and sexual education is excellent, and the advice here will certainly be distributed in my practice as a child Psychologist. This is a must buy book for any parent who cares about what their children learn during these critical years.
Rating: 5
Summary: Strike three against the "Unschoolers"
Comment: This book is a must for anyone interested in the education movement. However, after such reports as "Why Johnny can't read" and a plethora of other well documented works, many have come to the conclusion that the public schools are not working and are beyond help; therefore, a work of this nature is wasted upon that system. This book's value lies in providing the objective research that supports a structured curriculum based educational system for those who have jetisoned the public schools as a failed and irrepairable system and now or in the future will home school thier children. However, within the home school movement there is a very small but vocal group that call themselves "unschoolers". They adhere to the philosophy that the child will learn whatever he needs just by allowing the child to select his own curriculum content. Bennett, in this work, lays the coup de grace at the root of that theory, and I hope for ever more settles the issue of whether the "unschooling" mindset is a viable alternative to a curriculum directed home school.
Rating: 4
Summary: No need for public school
Comment: This book is subversive in today's American culture. It teaches the traditional knowledge and values of Western Civilization. If you read this book and use it with your children, they will be immune to the propaganda of the usual American public school education and will have many problems with their teachers in school - at best they will only be bored, at worst they will end up diagnosed ADHD, on Ritalin and in special education classes at which time they will be throwaway students. Public school education today is all about ecology, multiculturalism and one world government. The 3 R's and individuality are not emphasized in government schools. Be prepared to homeschool your kids all the way thru school if you teach them anything from this book.
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Title: What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know : Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning by Jr. E.D. Hirsch ISBN: 0385318413 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 11 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: CHILDREN'S BOOK OF VIRTUES by William J. Bennett ISBN: 068481353X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: What Your First Grader Needs to Know : Fundamentals of a Good First-Grade Education by Jr. E.D. Hirsch ISBN: 0385319878 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 09 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Books to Build On : A Grade-By-Grade Resource Guide for Parents and Teachers by Jr. E.D. Hirsch ISBN: 0385316402 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Children's Book of Heroes by Michael Hague ISBN: 0684834456 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 06 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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