Perhaps financial support of parental involvement
in schools would be a good investment. I understand there is quite a bit
of research evidence that shows a high correlation between parental involvement
in schools and student achievement / success. I know this may sound like
gong back to the Paul Bianchi discussion. That isn't my
intent. Parental involvement isn't just PTA. It would take training
and staff time committed to it. But, it is an evidenced based practice --
as compared to feel good programs like DARE and others that are evaluated based
on how people feel about them rather than on whether there are any concrete
results. By the way -- I think that DARE may very well have some good
results but it is not in the reduction of drug and alcohol use among
participants during their school years. If there are concrete positive
results, the challenge is to find them. Hey -- one for DARE might just be
improving parental support and involvement in schools. I wonder if anyone
ever studied that aspect.
Craig Brooks
----- Original Message -----
From: "terri hyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:28
AM
Subject: Re: [Winona] School Board's Financial
Support of DARE
>
> I know many teachers and also believe that small classes are better, from my
> conversations with the teachers and from my experiences with my own
> children. My husband also teaches at the university, which is not the same
> as in an elementary or high school setting, but I am aware of how much
> effort goes into preparing for classes, preparing assignments and grading
> assignments. I also know that in a large class or a large school some kinds
> of kids, particularly very quiet kids, are often overlooked, to their
> detriment. I was only pointing out that actual research does not reach the
> same conclusions with respect to student achievement. This surprised me, as
> well.
>
> Terri Hyle
>
>
