This video is a recipe for an explosive conversation. Who is responsible for our children? Quoted in “Allday Todays’ family Blog”
SHOULD PARENTS GET GRADES AND HOMEWORK? If you read the comments from this blog post it is easy to see how heated the discussions can be when it comes to educating children. What is your magic secret to making this a positive situation?
If you’re a parent, would you like it if your kid’s school gave you a grade on your child’s performance? Or if you had to fill out a form asking questions about how well you were preparing your kids for school?
In an effort to forge better communication between teachers and parents, some schools are sending parent report cards home to identify kids that are slipping through the cracks and need extra attention both at school and at home.
This morning, Matt interviewed Steve Edwards, a school board member in Manchester, Connecticut, who has proposed grading parents, and Julie Woestehoff of Parents United for Responsible Education, to discuss these issues. WATCH VIDEO
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While I appreciate the efforts of the CT school board member to get parents involved, the Chicago rep. is right: parent involvement (and coaching of parents to change their behavior to better support their children) comes with relationship-building and that’s best done when teachers/administrators try to build trust with parents, not by judging them.