Introduction

Even students who are getting good grades often hate school. Could it have anything to do with the fact that they have to sit in uncomfortable desks, come at the wrong time of day, and frequently have to pay attention to a lot of information that is presented in ways that don’t make sense to them? If you take your children to the shoe store and the shoes don’t fit, you can’t just change their feet. You keep shopping until you find shoes that are the right size. Unfortunately, when it comes to education, the system offers very few styles of “shoes.” If we force a child’s feet into shoes that don’t fit and make them walk around in them, what do they do as soon as they can? That’s right—take them off. And do they ever want to put them on again? No way. If education is so painful and unpleasant, why in the world would most people ever choose to learn anything in the future if they don’t have to?

Best-selling author Cynthia Tobias has written a fast-paced, easy-to-understand book that will challenge parents to confront the fundamental way we teach our children, providing immediately useful, practical ways to make school more about students actually learning and less about the system simply maintaining its own agenda. It’s a groundbreaking book that helps parents start finding ways to promote accountability from both students and those who educate them.

This book will rock the world of education—pre-order your autographed first edition today!

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