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Originally posted by sgtclub
I'm in favor of parent involvement and I think it is a necessary condition to improve schools. But who the hell has time to spend during the day in the classroom? Maybe upper-middle class families can afford one parent to do that 1 day a week, but this really isn't an option in the middle/lower class because both parents (if they are in the home) need to work during the day.
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wonk is right. you don't need all 25 kids to have a parent there, you just need to get some parents, but a problem with the worst schools here is that the kids who attend are probably from a parent that attended a bad school too. It might be tough for them to know what to insist on?
