[photopress:boys_doing_homework_080106.jpg,thumb,pp_style]by Laurie Richardson, Educational Advocate

“My son gets special education support for reading and math and he is making progress, but he doesn’t have friends. He is often sent to the dean’s office for bad behaviors and they have warned me if he has one more dean’s referral they will send him to behavior school.”

“My daughter is constantly told she is not trying hard enough.
The teachers tell her she is smart, but that she doesn’t seem to care.”

“My daughter is 11 years old and seems to be very smart. She tells me she gets bored in class. What can I do to insure that she is being challenged?”

“When I call my school and leave a message, no one ever calls me back.”

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[photopress:Danielle_Ellis.jpg,thumb,pp_style]From its earliest days, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been a big proponent of education and ongoing literacy programs. From humble beginnings in places like the Newel K. Whitney Store, whose small upstairs room held the School of the Prophets, to today’s vast campuses at Brigham Young University, BYU-Idaho, BYU-Hawaii, LDS Business College and more, there is no denying the Church’s commitment to world-class education.

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[photopress:Home_080106.jpg,thumb,pp_style]by Dave Ellis

We have 2.5 bathrooms in our house. I love talking about rooms in decimal form. The problem with having that many bathrooms is that you have to clean that many bathrooms, or in my case feel guilty about not helping to clean the bathrooms, 2.5 times over. The other problem with having 2.5 bathrooms is that you have 3.0 toilets, which doesn’t make sense mathematically, but who’s to argue when you really have to go?

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[photopress:pink_flowers___scriptures_080106.jpg,thumb,pp_style]by David R. Larsen

Last year you read The Book of Mormon and perhaps the Doctrine and Covenants. How much of them can you remember? Is it enough to merely read the scriptures, or do we need to remember them as well?

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by Danielle Ellis

When planning for a college experience, every prospective student and his or her parents have ideals.

Whether they include a Division I football team or a particular program, they form a basis of schools for the student to consider. For Latter-day Saint students, the social and spiritual environment is often as much a part of the decision as anything else.

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