Tag: parent involvement in school
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Film Recommendation: The Right To Read
“The Right To Read” is a must-see (and-take-action) documentary about how reading is and isn’t taught in America. If you are a parent who is wondering why your child doesn’t know how to read, or if you are an educator who has come into contact with a child who should know how to read or who
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It’s The Teacher’s Fault, It’s the Parent’s Fault, It’s the Government’s Fault, It’s the System…
It’s the Teacher’s Fault There are good teachers and there are bad teachers. Some teachers may be very knowledgeable in their subject, but that doesn’t mean they are able to teach it effectively. I’m going to state the obvious: there is no such person as a teacher who lacks expertise in a subject but has
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School Choice in California?
The community that I work with is under a court-ordered school desegregation program that grants historically underrepresented students of color the ability to attend school in the more affluent districts that surround their own, provided their parents apply between kindergarten and second grade. Every year, the county office for this program sends its information out