Give Credit, Where Credit is Due

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Thank Goodness for Tutors":

Elementary school has become babysitting with a little enrichment. The real learning happens at home when parents have to sit with their kids and help them get through homework and assignments that often have little to do with what was done in school. The work even gets sent home addressed to Parents and Children. Parents have to sign off on homework, reading logs, projects. Some teachers go so far as to have parents sign contracts that they are their partners in education. There are middle school science fair projects that ask kids to include a dedication to the people that helped them with their project.

Parents in this district won't let their kids fail. They will work with them at home, hire tutors, send their kids to Kumon and tets prep review classes at the JCC, go over everything with a fine tooth comb and correct all errors before it gets packed up and sent in.

Parents should be getting paid by this district for their role in education. The contract can step raises based on how many kids you have and which schools they are in (more money for Pasadena and Stratford parents - sorry Old Beth and Parkway but you guys get more materials and you always do better so it's only fair). Since parents, unlike teachers, are happy to tie their compensation into results, if your kids score well on state exams, SATs, etc. or gets into a prestigious college you get a bonus. If you are paying for outside tutoring you get a tax credit.