Pay the parents to get involved

[BJW50]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

I've seen teachers doing parent conferences at 6pm in school and also phone conferences later in the evening from home.

Parents who care will ask. Teachers who care will adapt.
How can you make up excuses for these people when you have no clue why they don't show up ?

My wife has done many email/phone conferences. If the parents care they will make arrangements.

[killer2021]

Originally Posted by flyonpa

And this is in the school system where last month the teachers went on strike, because the city did not have the money to pay for increased benefits.

The teachers do that every year....

[nana053]

Originally Posted by killer2021

The teachers do that every year....

No, Until this year, Chicago teachers had not been on strike for 25 years. Before 1987, it had become an annual threat, but after 1987, there were NONE until 2012.

Chicago teacher strikes - Chicago Tribune

from 1969 through 1987, there were nine work stoppages, ranging from two days in 1985 to the 19-day marathon in 1987.

[kovert]

Welfare state 2.0!

Typically American not so bright idea.

Spend all the money & resources on the ones who don't give a damn; ignore the ones that do and hang them out to dry; and then scratch their heads when the ranks of the degenerates grow larger & larger.

Want to get parents & students more involved & interested: take these funds and allocate them towards creating theater & art education, expose the kids to the finer things in life & let them present their work to their parents & loved ones. Put that money into athletics or music education, books for the school library, DO SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE WITH IT.

Man, there is definitely a movement to destroy public education in this country, and it seems to be getting stronger & stronger with time.

[princesasabia]

Thats absolutely ridiculous. Parents should want to get involved with their children's education because they freakin CARE. WTH.

[HappyTexan]

I've read of schools paying the students to attend and paying to get passing grades.
Now I read of paying parents to come to school for conferences.

I can only shake my head at how people view education these days and think we deserve everything that is coming to us.