So...Parents Need to Be Involved?

There's been lots of talk for many years about how to improve our country's education system, and much of the recent talk seems to center around standardized tests and teacher quality. So it's great to see a local middle school teacher opine about the role of parents in education.

Even prior to teaching, I believed that the quality of a child's school is only as good as the parents demand it to be. Nothing in my five years of teaching has changed my mind about this. If parents don't demand a good school (and put in their own sweat equity), then they won't get one.