From Report Cards to Parent-Teacher Conferences, Schools Must Do a Better Job of Telling Families How Their Kids Are Doing

“Parental engagement” is one of those self-evidently appealing ideas for improving education.”

Michael J. Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and an executive editor of Education Next., author of the articles writes, “Schools should look hard at the report cards they send home. Are they truthful? Candid? When kids are not on track for college or career success, do they say so? And do they provide ideas to parents on what they should do, and what the school will do, to help a student get back on track?”

Read his opinion article at “From Report Cards to . . .”