Why the State, the City, and the teachers can't agree on the same list, with City Council Member Robert Jackson (D-Harlem), chair of the education committee.
As a school teacher in an urban school in Westchester, it becomes obvious that no one is willing to address the 800 lb. gorilla in the room. The simple fact that parents are not raising their children any more.
The guest indicated that parents don't want their children in classrooms where there is disruptive behavior---unless the disruptive behavior is coming from THEIR child!!!!!
When one can get a parent into the class for a conference, they exhibit the exact behaviors we are trying to distinguish in schools. The acorns do not fall far from their trees.
Until parents are held responsible for their children's behaviors, nothing will change.
Aug. 23 2007 02:40 PM
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As a school teacher in an urban school in Westchester, it becomes obvious that no one is willing to address the 800 lb. gorilla in the room. The simple fact that parents are not raising their children any more.
The guest indicated that parents don't want their children in classrooms where there is disruptive behavior---unless the disruptive behavior is coming from THEIR child!!!!!
When one can get a parent into the class for a conference, they exhibit the exact behaviors we are trying to distinguish in schools. The acorns do not fall far from their trees.
Until parents are held responsible for their children's behaviors, nothing will change.
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