Open Door Policy
by Matthew Koslowski on October 28, 2009
in Essays
In This Essay |
Letters to a Young Teacher by Jonathan Kozol
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| Teachers’ house calls make pupils, parents feel at home by James Vaznis, The Boston Globe |
| A+ for teachers’ house-call program by Hetti K. Wohlgemuth, Letters to the Editor, The Boston Globe |
All children’s education suffers when they are unable to get the support of a good teacher.
But those same children’s education suffers even more when they are unable to get the support of their parents. Every day, children watch their parents, the other adults they know, and their siblings to learn what it means to be human beings. If their parents don’t show them the value of an education, how can they learn?
We often hear it said that parents are disengaged. In fact, I posted a link to an editorial cartoon about that very thing not too long ago.
But do we really look into the causes of that disengagement? Do we explore the real cost to children when their parents are disengaged? Do we look for solutions? Or do we simply point fingers?
