At 10:51 AM 12/7/01 -0600, you wrote: > I want to play the "responsibility" game. And, here's how >you play: everyone accepts that they are part of the problem and works >as hard as possible to achieve a solution. When someone says, "Well, >we offered summer tutorials and nobody came," they are playing the blame >game.
OK: I would like to see how you are going to get parents involved in sending their kids. Leave aside what the schools did NOT do. What WOULD you do to get parents to understand their kids need this opportunity. > I think that the schools need to admit that their management >policies are ineffective and work on developing new ones. Like what? Lead the way! I need to see a plan here. The goal is to get some parents more involved with their kids'education, are we agreed? What steps would you take to achieve this goal 1. 2. 3. And what kind of a calendar would you put this on? Would that be starting before preschool--at preschool--Kindergarten? when and how I'd love to see a real game plan for this goal. > There will always >be parents who are not willing or able to take responsibility for their >children; that's not an excuse for the schools failing to teaching them to read. No, but it sure doesn't help the situation any. >On the other side of the coin I have emphasized parent involvement programs >because it is one way of getting parents to take responsibility. You need to >work on all aspects of the problem to achieve a solution. But how do you get the parents to attend this? Emilie Quast SE Como _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
