How to Advocate Successfully for Your Child Quotes

“My child is doing great—so says the school—but it’s only because we do so much outside tutoring and give him so much homework help. What should we do? Stop. It was so incredibly difficult for me to take this advice, but unless you allow the school to see how their program is—or is not—working, it is hard, practically speaking, for the team to justify changing it.”
― Greer Gurland, How to Advocate Successfully for Your Child: What Every Parent Should Know About Special Education Law

“Report card grades are not a good substitute for standardized testing; grades are just too subjective.”
― Greer Gurland, How to Advocate Successfully for Your Child: What Every Parent Should Know About Special Education Law

“Feel the fear and do it anyway.”
― Greer Gurland, How to Advocate Successfully for Your Child: What Every Parent Should Know About Special Education Law