Education Resources at the Miller Library

The article “Fourth-Grade Slump” on Newsweek.com takes a look at students’ loss of interest in their school work as early as fourth grade. Much of this “loss of mojo” is attributed to too much testing resulting in early student burn-out.

In The Last Normal Child, 362.2 D578L 2006, Dr. Lawrence Diller discusses the rampant use of psychiatric drugs on children. This is a continuation of his book Running on Ritalin and focuses on why so many children are almost automatically drugged for “abnormal behaviors”.

Knowing Where to Draw the Line, 344.73 M285k 2006, by Mary Ann Manos, is a legal handbook for teachers. Many teachers are not fully aware of their legal rights or what the law expects of them.