What  can parents do to help their students improve academically?
Start by reading the following articles:

The Ruby Payne Advantage  
   
Mentally Stimulating Activities  
   

Early Mental Stimulation

  
   
How Nutrition Affects Learning  
   
How Sleep helps Memory and Learning  
   
Peers and Priorities  
   
Taking Advantage of the System  
   
The Social Service Network  
   
Academic Support - Tracking the Performance and Assignments of High School Students using the PINNACLE System  
   
Courage, Follow the Yellow Brick Road  
   
The Achievement Gap in Elite Schools  
   
How One Suburb's Black Student's Gain  
   
One Secret To Better Test Scores  
   
No Excuses Principal