I have a Google Alert for 'Diane Ravitch' and today I got a notice leading me to: Hanging Up on Parents?
Parents in New York City are currently in an uproar over a ban against cell phones in public schools. The school administration claims they are worried about kids using cell phones to cheat, take pictures in locker rooms, or arrange drug deals.
The more basic issue is most parents feel like they have no voice in the education of their children. Diane Ravitch says: There is no place to have your voice heard beyond your local school." And I especially liked Council Education Committee Chairman Robert Jackson comment: "There is no true consultation. It’s more, 'We will brief you.’”
The article explores how it is hard for public schools to involve the parents, but that there are many benefits.
I don't see this as a problem which will be fixed any time soon. I think it is systemic to how public schools are run. Almost every bureaucracy seems to take an attitude of it will do what it wants and we should be grateful.
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