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I am not saying it's sufficient not sure how you got that idea. You were the one who wrote, in the higher-level comment you made, The key to succesful educati

I am not saying it's sufficient not sure how you got that idea. You were the one who wrote, in the higher-level comment you made, The key to succesful education is involved parents. It's really that simple. Now that we have agreement here expressed by each of us that parent involvement is important, but not the whole story of what's important in education, how about let's discuss the specific content of the article submitted for discussion? How could an involved parent, for example, CHECK whether or not a teacher in the friendly local public school has learned enough about reading instruction to know how to distinguish phonemes from graphemes? I'd be happy to see other readers's comments on my own top-level comment in this thread (it is "below the fold, I think), in which I give examples of differing practice in the other country I have lived in, Taiwan. The schools there did an amazing job when Taiwan was still a developing country of providing good instruction with very limited resources. One big aspect of that was better teacher training.

ThomPete 11y ago
Maybe I could have been more elaborate in my comment. Fair enough. The article claims that it's not bad teachers but bad teacher education. I am following that line of singular reason and saying what I believe comes before that. I made that comment in the context of discussions about childrens education which always focus on a bunch of other things than parents. (Better equipment, better teachers, better methods etc.) because I believe thats one of the most if not the most important reasons to get good education to the extent that something has to be chosen. I am not buying the premise that education somehow becomes better if teachers becomes better or children gets better scores. Because I am not buying the premise that education in itself is the goal. It's only part of a much bigger perspective far beyond the reach of the educational system and later in life far beyond parents control. So I stand by my claim that involved parents will itself make up for a lot of the things that are considered problems with education.

ThomPete 11y ago

Maybe I could have been more elaborate in my comment. Fair enough. The article claims that it's not bad teachers but bad teacher education. I am following that line of singular reason and saying what I believe comes before that. I made that comment in the context of discussions about childrens education which always focus on a bunch of other things than parents. (Better equipment, better teachers, better methods etc.) because I believe thats one of the most if not the most important reasons to get good education to the extent that something has to be chosen. I am not buying the premise that education somehow becomes better if teachers becomes better or children gets better scores. Because I am not buying the premise that education in itself is the goal. It's only part of a much bigger perspective far beyond the reach of the educational system and later in life far beyond parents control. So I stand by my claim that involved parents will itself make up for a lot of the things that are considered problems with education.