Consistently work with teachers.  Create a system of communication that will allow you to know on a daily or weekly basis how your child is doing in school.  This communication can be via email, through written notes home, on in their homework book.  One parent I know wrote a checklist for the teacher to complete each Friday, listing items such as: homework handed in, upcoming tests or assignments, classroom behavior, and social skills.  The parent was able to see each week how their child...