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Parent engagement: a new kind of ’school choice’

7 April 2010 No Comment

A recipe for more choice schools in D.C.

In a recent Washington Post editorial, D.C. parent Caryn Ernst reminds us that parents’ responsibilities go beyond ensuring their child attends a successful school:

“What I take issue with, however, is an attitude among parents that we are merely consumers of education. Of course, the school system is responsible for providing the best schools and teachers possible for all of the city’s children. But the fact is, schools become great only if engaged parents make it happen.”

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