Homework and Kids: A Parent's Guide (School Support Series)

I can’t do it because it’s too hard.

I’ll do it later.

Why do I need to learn this anyway?

While dedicated parents and teachers want children to be successful in school, they constantly hear excuses like these from children who don’t want to do homework. Now they can ensure this success by guiding children through new approaches for completing homework assignments offered in Homework and Kids: A Parent’s Guide.

This exciting new book, the first in the Performance Learning Systems School Support Series, ensures success by helping parents and teachers implement new approaches that help kids complete homework assignments. Kids will get the most from homework while making it easier and more enjoyable for everyone involved.

Anecdotes, tips, sample conversations, and suggestions are provided throughout. You will find answers to difficult questions posed to parents, teachers, and school administrators, including:

How much homework is "too much" for a child?

What are the best conditions for a child’s learning to be successful?

How do I set learning and homework priorities in my home and classroom?

Author Fact Sheet for William Haggart, M.A. Author of Homework and Kids: A Parent’s Guide

Author William Haggart. Currently living in Grass Valley, California. Director and Consultant, Insights and Innovations

Education Bachelor of Arts, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA Art Credential/Secondary Education, California State University, Chico, CA Master of Arts, National University, Sacramento, CA

Accomplishments 25 years experience using learning styles in classroom and as trainer/consultant Teacher for 15 years Contracted with state departments of education in AZ, CA, AK, NY, and TX. Consulted with teacher associations in NY, CA, AK, WA, AZ, TX, and NM. Has worked with over 70,000 teachers, parents, and administrators. Adjunct professor with six American universities.

Keynotes and Presentations Thriving Leadership The Keys to How People Learn Missions, Goals, and Success If Teaching Were a Profession The Real Educational Bureaucracy Creating a Profession Learning: How Much Time Do We Need? Professional Practice and Teacher Evaluation

Publications "Part Three: Making It Happen." Towards Healthy Schools, a publication of Healthy Kids, Healthy California. California Department of Education, 1995. "Kaleidoscope Learning Systems Profile" for students 3-12 grades, educators, and adults, Performance Learning Systems, Inc. 1995-1998. "Making Block Scheduling Work." 20 hour training program. Insights and Innovations, 1994.

"Non-Verbal Communication in the Classroom." 10 hour training program. Performance Learning Systems, Inc. 1993. "School Employees Effectiveness." 50 hour training program. Performance Learning Systems, Inc. 1992."Who is at Risk—Student or Teacher?" THRUST for Educational Leadership 19.5 February-March 1990. Author Fact Sheet for Christine Juhasz, M.A. Author of Homework and Kids: A Parent’s Guide