Unfortunately you cannot legislate parental involvement. That does seem to be the chief factor in kids succeeding in schools.
For bad schools about the only solutionis to shut down the entire school and ship the kids elsewhere. Then renovate the school to bring it up to a minimal set of standards, or close it entirely, then sell the building and the land. You need to break up the culture that's been established in the school, and short of shutting down the school there is really no other way to change a culture this entrenched. That unfortunately only solves about 1/3rd of the problem. larry On 10/27/05, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But G, you are completely correct. Schools are a very local problem. > But unfortunately, bad schools are self-perpetuating. Parents who went > to those schools are likely to stay in the area and send their kids to > those schools. And unless they are out of the ordinary, they won't do > any better than their parents did engaging the school. > > How do you break the cycle of bad parenting/bad schooling in those places? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178532 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
