Dedication Acknowledgments Reader's Note Introduction Part I: Smart Kids Failed By Our Schools Chapter One: More New Reasons to Believe in Your Child & New Possibilities for Academic Success Chapter Two: The Complexity of Education: Understanding Hidden Dangers Is More Complicated than Ever! Chapter Three: Cutting Edge New Research: What We Can and Must Do! Chapter Four: Is This Your Child? Understanding Hidden Dangers That Sabotage Your Child's Learning Part II: Are Hidden Problems in Our Schools Negatively Affecting Your Child's Learning? Chapter Five: A Foundation to Understand the Needs of Children in Schools Chapter Six: Misguided Assumptions, Attitudes, and Procedures that Negatively Impact Smart Kids Chapter Seven: Hidden Dangers in Testing that Impact Your Child Chapter Eight: Hidden Dangers with Labeling that Can Harm Your child Chapter Nine: Hidden Dangers: Racial, Socio-Economic and Gender Inequities in Our Schools Chapter Ten: Paradoxical Safety Problems that Effect Student Learning Chapter Eleven: Buildings That Negatively Impact Your Child's Learning Part III: What Can We Do as Parents for Short-Term and Long-Term Improvement? Chapter Twelve: System Overhaul: Developing Healthy Schools Chapter Thirteen: Transcending Dangers: Improvements for All Children Chapter Fourteen: Options/Alternatives for Parents of Kids Struggling in Our Schools Appendix Annotated Resources and Contact Information References About the Author.