APATHETIC PARENTS, PLEASE READ THIS BOOK
I just finished another book about schools that except for too many questionable generalizations might actually be useful. The book is, “The Good School, How Smart Parents Get Their Kids the Education They Deserve”. The book talks about what parents should investigate about a school and or a particular classroom before enrolling their child. It also advises parents how to check on the progress that a child might be making while in school.
The author’s suggestions will be nothing new to many middle class parents and certainly nothing new to almost all affluent parents. Affluent parents have been investigating their neighborhood schools for years, and have often asked questions about teachers, principals, curriculum and teaching methods that are used. The book would be most useful to groups of parents who have traditionally accepted whatever has occurred at their local school, and