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Learn from the voice of experience! One parent offers advice on how to research, evaluate and select the best school for a child with a learning disability.

Get the information that drives school decisions about your child. Find out how to obtain your own copies of your child's school records.

Two teachers talk candidly about the joys and concerns of getting ready to teach their new students.

Use this simple, four-step process to keep your child's school records current, complete, and accurate.

Grade retention or social promotion ? which is best? Read what the experts have to say.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of students' knowledge and performance in certain subject areas. Results include achievement data for populations of students (e.g., 4th graders) and groups within those populations (including students with disabilities).

A teacher of students with learning disabilities (LD) describes how she encourages good behavior, provides information about LD, builds skills, and values uniqueness in her students.

Your child will benefit when you build positive partnerships with her teachers and other professionals.

Children in various cultures learn different rules for communicating with adults through facial expressions, body language and physical gestures. Learn how cultural differences can play out in the classroom.

Learn what issues to focus on and how to plan for a productive parent-teacher conference.