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The wife of one of my good friends was on the county school board for 12 years. According to her, it was an unspoken secret was that parental involvement was t
by jdmichal 7y ago
The wife of one of my good friends was on the county school board for 12 years. According to her, it was an unspoken secret was that parental involvement was the biggest predictor of / contributor to student success. The reason it was taboo was because you absolutely cannot expect anything from the parents. It was political suicide.
I would put dollars on the table that such is already happening for every parent that is willing and able to do it, because they were already doing it before too.
- zachthewf 7y agoI find it bizarre that that was taboo. It seems incredibly intuitive and obvious to me.
- Leherenn 7y agoThe issue might be obvious, but the solutions certainly aren't. If you cannot talk about the solutions, then you're probably better not talk about the problem either.
- jdmichal 7y agoIt was taboo from a political perspective. You can't tell parents they are failing their children, and still expect them to vote for you next election...
- eitally 7y ago100% this, and all those parents are also now wondering and worrying what will happen to their child next school year, when they're either at or ahead of grade level, but half their class is most of a semester behind. I had been reasonably happy in public elementary school until now, but am seriously considering private schools for next year because I'm convinced this reacclimation process will be much, much smoother with fewer regressions.