http://miamitimesonline.com/black-parents-high-hopes-poor-results-for-kids%e2%80%99-education/ Serving Dade & Broward County since 1923 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:55:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://miamitimesonline.com/black-parents-high-hopes-poor-results-for-kids%e2%80%99-education/#comment-8094 Kim Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:07:04 +0000 http://miamitimesonline.com/?p=7047#comment-8094 I am a public school teacher working in the inner city. In this era of ever increasing school and teacher accountability there is one group that is strikingly absent from the equation - parents. As you stated, they are their child's first teacher. If they fail to provide a home environment that supports the education process then the hands of public schools are essentially tied. On a daily basis I witness the impact a chaotic, non-supportive home life has on the education of a child. Teachers do not have the ability to wave a magic wand and make everything better. It takes a concerted effort from all parties involved. I am a public school teacher working in the inner city. In this era of ever increasing school and teacher accountability there is one group that is strikingly absent from the equation – parents. As you stated, they are their child’s first teacher. If they fail to provide a home environment that supports the education process then the hands of public schools are essentially tied. On a daily basis I witness the impact a chaotic, non-supportive home life has on the education of a child. Teachers do not have the ability to wave a magic wand and make everything better. It takes a concerted effort from all parties involved.

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