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[quote=Anonymous]OP - for what it is worth, some kids do better with the discipline that a sport provides.

I would also stop looking at results and stop looking at process.  The real issue you face is missed work. That has to stop.  I would take away a lot of autonomy. Make basketball tryouts contingent on working with you to keep a perfect agenda of up and coming assignments.  You can use google docs, a pad of paper, myhomeworkapp.com or whatever works.  Then you work with him without yelling to get the work in and to check that he does it.   Studying, too.  The grades should improve, and if they don't you have a different problem, anyway.

The schools demand a ridiculous amount of skill to handle all the assignments coming at kids in seven different ways (paper, blackboard, google calendar, google classroom, and probably something else as well), through three different logins (blackboard, the school district, google classroom, and maybe something else), at random times (test reviews posted on the weekend??), on paper (handouts?), or yelled to the kids as they walk out the door.  At least for my kid (who has a good work ethic), it is just too much.  When left unassisted, he loses track and eventually falls into an abyss. With assistance, he stays on track, does his work unaided, and is a pleasure to live with.  [/quote]

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