What Every Parent Should Know about Education: How Knowing the Facts Can Help Your Child Succeed

• What do you really know about how children learn?
• How helpful are different types of assessment and what do the results mean?
• Is homework necessary and how you can you encourage your child at home?
• Will ability groups and setting help your child achieve more?
• How do you choose the right school to suit your child?

The government and the media have a lot to say about education, but what is the evidence behind these debates? This book walks you through all the most important issues in ed...