Sunday, May 17, 2009

The PRO Is Validated Again

Frequent readers would know that I hackney the point that school systems have a well rehearsed response to problems: "First you blame the kid, then you blame the parent".

Thanks to The Gradebook, here is a link that shows I didn't just make this stuff up.

In fact, this article even adds a poignant sentence: "The pointed fingers rarely become helping hands."

I wonder why the author didn't mention that every time there is a problem, it is an "isolated incident."



Program helps struggling parents find a better way - St. Petersburg Times:

"You hear it every time, after every story about struggling students or struggling schools.
It's the parents' fault.
The pointed fingers rarely become helping hands. But some social workers and educators think there is a way to help parents."

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