Blaming parents for the performance of children in school is easy. Read, Sometimes, Good Parents Produce Bad Kids.
Of the 39 people who voted...
- 9 believe that changing schools is a good solution.
- 12 believe that parents need to attend school board meetings
- 17 believe kids need to eat better at home
- 20 believe that parents have to be harder on kids to get better grades
- 21 believe that parents need to join the PTO
- 23 believe that parents need to meet their child’s teachers
- 32 believe that parents need to help with homework
One could say that these results conclude that Chester-Upland is a good school district that children can thrive in despite our bottom ranking among other schools in the state.
We can also conclude that the kids would be better students if parents would meet the teachers and be involved in what goes on in the school and with the school board. Equally important is that parents not allow the kids to be hungry and demand success in the classroom.
The number one thing you say a parent can do to help a child succeed in school is help them with their homework.
Personally, I’m surprised at the homework response. A lot of these kids don’t have homework (they claim) or get it done before they leave school. Often times, many parents aren’t available or capable to help with homework because they have other demands on their time or they just don’t know enough to help at all.
Being involved in the school process is nice if you have the time but how much does that reflect back on your child’s test scores?
In my opinion, no matter how little time a parent has or how incapable they are to help with homework, the most important thing a parent can do is feed their children and demand good results in school.
With 72% of black babies being born out of wedlock, a lot of mommies are taking on quite a bit to just survive. For those parents with greater means, the best option may be to move a child into a better school situation.
What’s your opinion?
Well, we took the survey. Only a sampling online and the rest hand count. Honestly, out of 70 some participated and some did not. Here is the tally:
ReplyDelete7 Attend School Board Meetings
10 Join Parent Teacher Organizations
11 Transfer child out of public school system
16 Provide Adequate Nutrition
17 Help with Homework
20 Attend Parent Teacher Conferences
24 Demand good Grades
Participants actually looked at the question as what really could a parent do to help improve their child's performance in school. I heard comments like "that won't help". But I will give the ones who did the online voting a chance to comment.
I picked parents need to meet their kids teacher because its important to find out what their kids are doing in the classroom. I also picked they need to help with homework to see also what kind of work their kids are doing in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteParents have to be harder on their kids about their school work, it all starts at home !
ReplyDeleteMore comments were submitted but I don't know what happened to them.
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