Children's education is parents' responsibility

Let's start at the beginning. Whose responsibility is it to educate student's regardless of income? It's the parents' responsibility. If you can't commit to your child's education, don't have children.

Parent's need to be active with their kids education before they are school age, and even more when at school age.

All the ideas presented in your articles have some merit, yet the bias seems to be that schools and teachers have primary responsibility for initiating and maintaining creative, individualized approaches. Also, the tenor of the articles suggests most schools don't already do many of these approaches, which is just not true.

By talking with teachers, you will discover how uninvolved many parents are. It's not all parents, but your articles didn't focus on parents who totally embrace their responsibility for helping their kids learn regardless of income.

We were very involved in our kids' education and were very focused on helping them learn how to learn. We now do the same helping our grandkids. It's the family's responsibility to do this and the school is hopefully an effective support system.

If the school had weaknesses we made suggestions, got involved or made up for them ourselves. Institutions don't change fast enough to benefit the current situation, and kids don't stop aging.

So, there is value in sharing these ideas, but someone should hammer home the parents' responsibility and how much effort it takes. It's not for the faint hearted.

If you don't get it or can't live up to it, don't have children. You are cheating a child of life success if you do.

Alan Drizd

Buffalo Grove