Media Release from the Society for Quality Education
Attention Education Reporters, Books Editors, Editors

Help is at Hand at Report Card Time

Toronto, Ont. – December 9, 2008

For parents who have just received disturbing news in their children’s first term report cards, the Society for Quality Education is please to announce that help is at hand with the newly updated How to Get the Right Education for Your Child, still the best practical manual for Canadian parents with children who are struggling in school.

This very readable book by SQE president, Malkin Dare, walks parents through their various options - from working with the system, to supplementing the system, to opting out of the system, to changing the system.

Dare counsels how to approach educators to ask for help. Most parents start with this option, and some do get satisfaction. And of course if you do manage to get help from the system, it won’t cost you a penny. So, it’s a sensible place to begin. Later the she talks about how you can ensure that a child gets the teaching he or she needs. The tutoring option is so widespread that it has been given its own name--after-schooling. Further, other options discussed are opting out of the publicly-funded education system.

An on-line version of How to Get the Right Education for Your Child is available on the Society for Quality Education’s website at: http://www.societyforqualityeducation.org/parents/malkin-book.html Here’s what some had to say about How to Get the Right Education for Your Child

"A wise and practical manual for parents"
(Kitchener-Waterloo Record)

"An easy to read book (I found it hard to put down)" (The Oshawa/Durham Central)

"Shrewd, well-informed advice" (London Free Press)

"An easy-to-read and very funny (if at times painfully close to the bone) guide to the jargon, pitfalls and inadequacies of education" (Alberta Report)

The Society for Quality Education is dedicated to the significant improvement of student learning in Canada. We invite the public to visit our website www.societyforqualityeducation.org to learn more.

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