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I'll speculate that the cause-effect relationship is: because in the US there are swaths of parents who do not get involved in their child's education at home,
by jimhefferon 13y ago
I'll speculate that the cause-effect relationship is: because in the US there are swaths of parents who do not get involved in their child's education at home, schools here have traditionally tried to reach out with PTA's, etc. In countries where the typical parent is involved at home there is less of an inducement for activist schools administrations and teachers to bring parents into the process.
- zwieback 13y agoI think that's definitely part of it. I think in the US there's another effect where parents view school as an extension of their social circle. This is especially true of affluent suburban elementary school parents, some of which become their children's driver and social/athletic assistant. This behavior is viewed as helpful in solving the American "public school problem" but in effect prevents kids from becoming more independent. I don't think anyone is complaining about working parents in poor school districts being overly involved. It is in those districts where we need the most improvement.
- tokenadult 13y agoHistorically, what happened to make the PTA what it is today is that independently organized parent groups were co-opted by school staff so that they wouldn't question the assumptions of the school system. http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2003/02/01/taking-parent-out-national-ptaan-exclusive-interview-charlene-k-haar http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2003/02/01/takin...