Not really sure any amount of parental involvement could help this one. The Clayton County schools lost accreditation because of the incompetent and corruption of the school board. It was so bad that the Governor removed most of the board members for violation of the Georgia Code of Ethics. Admittedly, the parents could have voted in different board members, but sometimes in an election, both choices are questionable. ;-) http://gov.georgia.gov/00/press/detail/0,2668,78006749_119047978_120961335,00.html
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>It helps to have parental involvement and often parents who get >>involved can force changes where the teachers fail. But even the best >>of parents can't help in situation where the bureaucracy has destroyed >>the school system, like the current mess in Clayton County, Georgia >>where the schools just lost accreditation. >> > > The data are quite clear on this, there's a very strong relationship between > academic achievement and parental involvement. I suspect that it would even > overcome buggered schools. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:272015 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
