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There was a very interesting study done of the Shaker Heights school system in Cleveland that found parental involvement was the main determining factor of stud
by michaelbuckbee 16y ago
There was a very interesting study done of the Shaker Heights school system in Cleveland that found parental involvement was the main determining factor of student success.
http://www.racematters.org/whyareblackstudentslagging.htm http://www.racematters.org/whyareblackstudentslagging.htm
Now, that's not to say that there aren't good and bad teachers out there and that we shouldn't find ways to reward the good and drive out the bad, but I think it's focusing too much of the attention on the wrong problem.
- cafard 16y agoShaker Heights is a very well off suburb of Cleveland. It used to rank in the top five cities in the country for per capita income.
- michaelbuckbee 16y agoThat was sort of the point of the study. That even in a very affluent school district that different populations views of parental vs school involvement were primarily responsible for the large gap in student achievement.