Article updated: 9/4/2012 12:50 PM

How to make children happier students

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Parents can help teachers make a bigger impact on how much their children learn, and how happy they are doing it.

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Parents can learn a lesson or two from teachers about what their kids' instructors want in the upcoming year. We asked teachers what parents can do, beyond reading with their kids, to help their children be better students. Here's what they had to say.