Students, beware – if you skip second period, fail a pop quiz or blow off homework, your folks may get an e-mail letting them know.
Increasingly, schools are using sites such as Zangle, School Loop and Power Schools to give parents access to almost real-time, online information about their children's attendance, grades and homework.
"We are finding teachers are feeling pressure from parents," said Trinette Marquis, spokeswoman from Twin Rivers Unified School District. "Our parent community is getting empowered with more information."
In the fall, Twin Rivers, Sacramento City Unified and San Juan Unified all began using computer programs that give parents access to student information.
Twin Rivers uses School Loop, which offers parents a glimpse at class-by-class attendance and can e-mail daily or weekly updates directly to families.
The district of about 27,000 students got 5 million hits within the first 10 weeks and to date has