" SCHOOLWISE" is a parent's guide from first grade through hish school. As a parent and former teacher I know parents who speak up and work together can learn to deal with school problems. Among parent's you'll meet in "SCHOOLWISE" are those who got rid of an incompetent teacher, though the principle did nothing; and other parnts who persuaded their school to discard ineffective reading and math programs and adopt programs proven to help children succeed.

"Brown, a former teacher, offers a common-sense approach for seeing that children get the best from any school system...A book full of...