Two major and quite distinctive improvements of the school I noticed from the article: * Improving parental involvement and the parents’ attention to their own

Two major and quite distinctive improvements of the school I noticed from the article: * Improving parental involvement and the parents’ attention to their own education * Utilizing the hidden power of role models: LeBron James and each kid’s parents Students spend significantly more time at home than at school. Parents interact with each kid one-on-one or in a small group. Thus, they can have much more influence than teachers on the kid’s attitude, motivation, and habits regarding education. If we look at a broader picture, most countries that do well in PISA, an international assessment of academic skills for school students, strongly value education at every level of society starting from parents and family. This includes Vietnam, a relatively poor country which, at rank 22, does better than quite a few Western European ones. The US, at rank 31, should study this school and expand on good lessons learned from the experiment. [1] PISA results map http://factsmaps.com/pisa-worldwide-ranking-average-score-of-math-science-reading/ http://factsmaps.com/pisa-worldwide-ranking-average-score-of...