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To: Rambi who wrote (67688)	9/7/2004 9:00:29 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793896

But I am convinced that all the other things we do will have limited impact unless we also undertake to enhance the competence of our children's first and most effective teachers: their parents. This is the Teachers, Admin, and bureacracy first line of defense. Blame the Parents. The school is NEVER going to have a majority of motivated parents. Anybody who sets out to educate kids on the basis of a lot of help from the parents is a fool. The State forces the children to show up. Most parents care. Some do not. The school must be structured to educate kids based on that fact. Raspberry's whining about it being the parents fault is a cop-out for the schools. A slightly modified version of this will be emailed to him.

To: Rambi who wrote (67688)	9/7/2004 9:04:01 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793896

Competent parents. Or rather incompetent parents. One of my favorite hobby horses. IMO, this education effort is mostly off target because it is addressing what is addressable by government rather than what is the real problem. The low hanging fruit approach. The issue of incompetent parents would give new meaning to "the third rail of politics." The left won't call anyone "incompetent." The right thinks a competent parent is one who is married. Good grief. No way to tackle that problem.

To: Rambi who wrote (67688)	9/7/2004 3:31:01 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793896

I keep thinking of Abraham Lincoln, and Booker T. Washington, etc.....Both grew up poor, and had no schools to speak of... ATTITUDE....and WILL TO LEARN..... Somehow, even if the parents are terrible parents (forget poor...there are Libraries, and multi-free programs for kids who are disadvantaged)...there has to be a will for the kids to learn. A carrot in front of their face.... Think of the Boys of Sudan ..... they were poor, for sure. Had NO parents living they knew of....the parents were all killed. Most of these boys are succeeding in the US. A study needs to be done to see what the differences are between these boys and the kids who have grown up in this country, and continually are used as pawns for politicians.... The problem is that we have thousands and thousands of parents, mostly poor, with only a limited understanding of the transforming power of education. Many of them are poor because they left school. How can they tell their children of the wonders education will open up for them? Well, they can't – unless they believe it. And they won't believe it unless those who know the truth take the trouble to teach them.