Quote: And how, exactly, are teachers to pick up that shortfall?
That's the point. They can't. But they may as well blame the easter bunny as the lack of parental involvement because neither is a workable solution. Sorry if I wasn't clear about that.
I'm not sure that the educational model we are using is still relevant. One teacher to 15-18 kids might be workable. One to 35-40 kids is most assuredly not. Maybe the school day needs to be longer so that kids do not have homework which is pre-planned to be supervised by non-existent parents/parents who are too exhausted themselves/parents who are the victims of the same inferior education their kids are getting? I wish I had the answer.
