> Education is a team sport. The parents ought to be held equally if not MORE accountable. Ah yes, we shouldn't settle for anything less than perfection. For

> Education is a team sport. The parents ought to be held equally if not MORE accountable. Ah yes, we shouldn't settle for anything less than perfection. For any set of students+parents, some teachers will do better than others. Why should kids with lousy parents have to settle for lousy teachers as well? Part of being a good teacher is managing mediocre parents. Why should kids with mediocre parents have to settle for lousy teachers?