Community Involvement – Moving from Box Checking to Shared Accountability
This week the National Journal is taking on the critical issue of parent and community involvement in turning around low performing schools. The conversation is spurred by Sec. Duncan’s commitment last week to require parent and community input in the turnaround process. He said
“Community leaders and parents must demand and support this change. Turning around a struggling school is hard, hard work. And there is no simple formula. The work must be shaped at the local level with all of the stakeholders at the table.”
Of course, he is right that without parental involvement and local community