In January 2012 till August 2012 Philadelphia engaged in a widespread reform of its educational system. Dr. Leroy D. Nunery II was a major driver for that project. Leroy is a former Acting Superintendent and CEO and Deputy Superintendant/Deputy CEO of the Philadelphia School District, so he had inside real-life experience of what had to be addresse…

Today’s Learning Curve with Roger & Virginia explores the many aspects of the ways in which children can be gifted and how you can benefit your child by knowing this: and what to do about it. Our expert guest and friend today is Francie Alexander, the Vice President and Chief Academic Officer for Scholastic Education. This is a return appearance fo…

Wonderful results have been achieved by implementing the simple idea that if teachers visited parents in their homes, both could work together more productively to benefit the child student. Carie Rose is the Director of The Parent-Teacher Home Visit Project This simple, wonderful idea is now a nationwide activity achieving great results. Since 199…

That’s what Virginia and I were left wondering after this interview with Dr. William Schmidt, the author of the exciting new book: INEQUALITY FOR ALL: The Challenge of Unequal Opportunity in American Schools. No, it’s not about rich versus poor or disadvantaged versus privilege. It’s a revelation of the fact that our schools, even within the same d…

Nowhere is the adage: “If you don’t use it, you lose it” more accurate than in the case of young minds and the reason behind the “summer slide.” In today’s Learning Curve Francie Alexander explains how you can protect your child’s learning and advancement. Learn how you can easily prevent the “summer slide.” Francie Alexander is Vice President and …

Today’s guest is Jen Lilienstein, the founder of kidzmet.com. Jen did her undergraduate senior thesis in 1994 on Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligence and its effect on self-esteem, attendance rates and love of learning. Post graduation, she kept returning to her passion for non-traditional education. She currently serves on the Editoria…

Mathematics is the bane of too many students; and it need not be. Mathematics is too often a difficult subject for parents asked to help with homework: it should not be. Today you will learn how to conquer that fear. Today’s guest with Roger& Virginia is Marilyn Burns, the founder of Math Solutions, an organization that has been dedicated for almos…

Lisa Niver Rajna is an honest-to-goodness science teacher working in the trenches at K-6. Lisa’s success is evident in the following: One of her students WON an international award with OXFAM Canada in its contest on making toys out of recycled materials. Her team was the FIRST USA team in the contest in 20 years Further she has been invited to be …

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Jennifer is lucky to be able to benefit from A Cyber Charter School with on-line curriculum along with on-line teacher back-up and testing. The benefit of all this to Jennifer’s two children is that, while they have to meet the state testing standards, she can allow the kids to progress through each item on the curriculum at the pace that best suit…

The big question parents should be asking is: when it works, why is it working; and if it doesn’t work, why not? Our guest today with Roger and Virginia on The Learning Curve is Laurie Gray, the founder of Socratic Parenting. Laurie’s experience includes having been a high school teacher, a civil and criminal trial attorney and author of young adul…

Today’s guests are Beth Black and Denise Savage of Cherokee Creek Boys School. Beth is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Cherokee Creek Boys School, which is a therapeutic boarding school for middle school boys, ages 11-15, in Westminster, SC. The school is dedicated to “challenging boys and their families to discover what is real and true a…

Did you know many families go to camp as a family rather then sending the kids off alone? Today’s guest is Peg L. Smith, the Chief Executive Officer of the American Camp Association, where she has been for over a decade. She has had a wonderful career and extensive experience in childhood, adolescent and young adult work. With her BS in early child…

Today’s educational system is a labyrinth of bureaucratic pitfalls. Even going outside the school system for private tutoring services has its short-comings. Today’s guest is Elaine Sigal who has had near 40 years of experience in education at all levels from grades 8-12 and teaching at university. At one point in her career in education she founde…

This works for children and adults! Just as exercise promotes physical fitness, exercising our brain improves brain fitness in four critical areas. Memory Attention Processing Sequencing Today’s guest is Dr. Martha S. Burns who has been a practicing speech language pathologist for 45 years. Dr. Burns is on the Faculty of Northwestern University, De…

Today’s guest is Anne Maxwell, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and founder of The Child and Family Therapy Play Center. She also founded the childfamilyplaytherapy.com website. Anne has had extensive experienced dealing with “troubled,” “disabled” or “disadvantaged” children in her clinical career — but something was discovered by her: many of t…

Today’s guest is Anne Maxwell, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and founder of The Child and Family Therapy Play Center. She also founded the childfamilyplaytherapy.com website. Anne has had extensive experienced dealing with “troubled,” “disabled” or “disadvantaged” children in her clinical career — but something was discovered by her: many of t…

The issue of the effects of bullying at school has recently received nationwide prominence and it is a serious problem. Bullying and being bullied not only interferes with a child’s success at school, academically, socially and health wise, but it can have life-long lasting ill affects on a person. Today’s guest on The Learning Curve with Roger & V…

Today, with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve, we have the return of Jeffrey Pflaum, the author of Motivating Teen and Preteen Readers: How Teachers and Parents and Teachers Can Lead the Way. Jeffrey is a 34 year veteran of teaching in the New York City School System where he achieved spectacular results in the classroom. He and his work have …

Today’s guest with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve is Jeffrey Pflaum, the author of Motivating Teen and Preteen Readers: How Teachers and Parents and Teachers Can Lead the Way. Jeffrey is a 34 year veteran of teaching in the New York City School System where he achieved spectacular results in the classroom. He and his work have been widely c…

Today’s guest with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve is Murray Bass, the founder and president of Tools of Learning for Children. This is part 2 of our interview with Murray. Murray is an 83 year-old retiree who has some children enjoying reading books as early as 3 years-old! His “wards” are routinely doing it at age 4! What a remarkable stor…

Today’s guest with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve is Murray Bass, the founder and president of Tools of Learning for Children. Murray is an 83 year-old retiree who has some children enjoying reading books as early as 3 years-old! His “wards” are routinely doing it at age 4! What a remarkable story this is. The Mission Statement of Murray’s …

Into whose hands goes the decision of what will be learned and by when? Currently, the system’s standards make the system more important than the children it is supposed to serve, hence: A Declaration of Educational Independence. Parental choice in education is needed rather than the new laws being foisted upon us. We need to change the core common…

Parents have a critical part to play in getting their kids ready for college. This week we have the return of Dr. Robert Neuman, the retired Dean of Academic Development at Marquette University and author of Are You Really Ready for College? Dr Neuman reveals there are too many conversations about what the schools are not doing, but not enough conv…

This week’s Learning Curve with Roger & Virginia is about preparing for college and doing well when there. Our guest is Dr. Robert Neuman, the retired Dean of Marquette University and author of: Are You Really Ready for College? (http://www.areyoureallyreadyforcollege.com/) Hear Dr. Neuman reveal the fact that good grades in High School do not guar…

Today on The Learning Curve with Roger and Virginia we have the return of Linda Dobson, author of The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child, and eight other books on helping your child’s education. Linda has a treasure trove of information on her website: http://www.parentatthehelm.com Linda has been a columnist with Home Education Magazine “forev…

Dr. Frank Barnhill, M.D., author of Mistaken for ADHD, returns to tell us what can be done to protect your child from this catastrophe. Dr. Barnhill, affectionately known as “Dr. Huggy-Bear,” gives us answers to the following points: What is the key to good discipline? How to handle a child who fidgets. The consequences of wrong diagnosis and unnee…

Today’s guest on The Learning Curve with Roger and Virginia is Linda Dobson, author of The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child, and eight other books on helping your child’s education. Linda has a treasure trove of information on her website: http://www.parentatthehelm.com Linda has been a columnist with Home Education Magazine “forever,” and wa…

2007 US government stats state 5.4 million children have been given a ADHD diagnosis. The most recent figures are much higher. This week’s guest, Dr. Frank Barnhill, M.D., author of Mistaken for ADHD, reveals the incidence of wrong diagnosis is something in the order of 20%-40%! Kids in the conventional educational system are at real risk of being …

What’s the importance of an at-home kindergarten readiness program? . . . Because children who are ready for school do better in all the other grades and have more chance of finishing school. Because many children who enter school unprepared or behind their classmates stay behind. But mostly because being ready for school starts long before getting…

You’ll be surprised how easy it is to tutor your own child and thereby ensure their academic success. Today’s guest, Marina Ruben, is the author of How to Tutor Your Own Child: Boost Grades and Inspire a Lifelong Love of Learning—Without Paying a Professional Tutor. Hear Marina describe the fun to be had by both parent and child in this activity, t…

Today’s show reveals the true, horror story of what too many children go through in our educational system when they are mislabeled, misdiagnosed and wrongfully medicated — this, all in the misguided effort to handle children who are “different.” Melissa Binstock is now a 22 year-old college student and author of the book, Nourishment: Feeding my S…

Today’s guest with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve is Murray Bass, the founder and president of Tools of Learning for Children at www.tools4preschool.org This is part 2 of our interview with Murray. Murray is an 83 year-old retiree who has some children enjoying reading books as early as 3 years-old! His “wards” are routinely doing it at age…

Today’s guest with Roger & Virginia on The Learning Curve is Murray Bass, the founder and president of Tools of Learning for Children at www.tools4preschool.org Murray is an 83 year-old retiree who has some children enjoying reading books as early as 3 years-old! His “wards” are routinely doing it at age 4! What a remarkable story this is. The Miss…

Access for Knowledge Learning — Empowering the Child This week’s The Learning Curve is Part Two of our interview with Dean Larson, Director of Access for Knowledge Learning Centers. www.accessforlearning.org The mission of Access for Knowledge Learning Centers is to: Empower kids to know that they know by providing an environment that promotes both…

This week’s guest on The Learning Curve is Dean Larson, Director of Access for Knowledge Learning Centers. www.accessforlearning.org The mission of Access for Knowledge Learning Centers is to: Empower kids to know that they know by providing an environment that promotes both academic excellence and personal growth for students of all ages. Is this …

This is Part 2 of Roger & Virginia interviewing Terry Neven, the Administrator of the Sundland Home School Program. Terry founded Sundland in 1981. In 2008, Terry, Sundland and their attorneys won the case before the California Supreme Court that established as law the right of caring parents to home school their children. This win established the …

Roger & Virginia interview Terry Neven, the Administrator of the Sundland Home School Program. Terry founded Sundland in 1981. In 2008, Terry, Sundland and their attorneys won the case before the California Supreme Court that established as law the right of caring parents to home school their children. This win established the precedent that affect…

Roger and Virginia interview Michelle Vallene who reveals how to best be your child’s most important teacher. Michelle Vallene is a qualified school teacher and the co-founder of Learners Lane which offers enrichment programs for children ages 4-12 and can be found at www.learnerslane.com. Michelle is the author of the book: What Children Need to L…

Roger and Virginia discuss how Virginia uses the secrets of the Seven Barriers to Comprehension when tutoring adult learners in her evening classes at Literacy Partners in New York. Hear how Virginia discovered the secret to her own learning style and also overcame the learning problems she had as a child in school. She found that it wasn’t her fau…

Today’s guest on The Learning Curve is Jonathan Lewis, Editor-in-Chief of Home School Enrichment Magazine. Home School Enrichment Magazine is a bi-monthly print magazine, but also on-line at: http://homeschoolenrichment.com/ This is a must hear show for parents who want good grades for their kids. There are now more than two-million children being …

Roger & Virginia interview Mira and Mark Halpert of www.3DLearner.com. Mira is a practicing school teacher who has been featured on CBS showing her revolutionary answers to the “learning disabilities” experienced by those labeled as being “dyslexic.” What people see as a disability Mira sees as a learning difference, and she proves it with her succ…

Roger & Virginia interview Mira and Mark Halpert of www.3DLearner.com. Mira is a practicing school teacher who has been featured on CBS showing her revolutionary answers to the “learning disabilities” experienced by those labeled as being “dyslexic.” What we reveal in this show are the extraordinary abilities and true potential these children (and …

Dr. Gordon is an educator who has done it all. Here is Dr. Gordon at his outspoken best, blowing the whistle on the fallacies inherent in the current system of “teacher evaluation” and on the system that gives us the current scenario of school administration. Dr. Gordon is the author of the no-holds-barred book: The Emperor has No Clothes: The Cris…

Listen to Jenna describe how she helps adult students overcome their past study failure and win at learning. Jenna is the Adult Basic Education Center Coordinator for Literacy Partners, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides free literacy classes for New Yorkers. Here she oversees more than a hundred current students and forty volunteer tuto…

Roger and Virginia interview Dr. Robyn Odegaard PhD., on issues concerning the keys to great teamwork and harmonious relationships in families, sports teams and the corporate workplace. “Doc Robyn” reveals the Nine Secrets to Great Teamwork. Doc Robyn is President of Champion Performance Development (www.ChampPerformance.com), Founder of the Stop t…

Roger and Virginia interview Dr. Robyn Odegaard PhD., on issues concerning the drama of upset relationships and disharmony in families, sports teams and the corporate workplace. “Doc Robyn” reveals the 7 No-Fail Secrets to Stop the Drama. Doc Robyn is President of Champion Performance Development (www.ChampPerformance.com), Founder of the Stop the …

Michelle Vallene is a qualified school teacher and the co-founder of Learners Lane which offers enrichment programs for children ages 4-12 and can be found at www.learnerslane.com. Michelle is the author of the book: What Children Need to Learn to Read, which book was written because when her children were young she could not find easy-to-use resou…

This is a no-holds barred interview with Dr. Gordon giving us first-hand in-the-trenches findings of facts regarding inner city minority student performance, why it is and what needs be done to improve it. Dr Gordon holds a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from NYU, a Master’s in teaching from Harvard. He has had numerous publications and a book…

This is a no-holds barred interview with Dr. Gordon giving us first-hand in-the-trenches findings of facts regarding inner city minority student performance, why it is and what needs be done to improve it. Dr Gordon holds a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from NYU, a Master’s in teaching from Harvard. He has had numerous publications and a book…