Parental involvement still the best teacher of all Delawareonline.com The News Journal:
"Budget-strapped lawmakers and educators say increasing parental involvement is the best way to improve Delaware public schools."
Rep. Darryl Scott, D-Dover, wants to give working parents up to 16 hours of unpaid leave each school year so they can participate in parent-teacher conferences, volunteer in their child's school and attend after-school activities.
"More and more families have both parents working, and they aren't able to get away from work to attend school conferences and be directly involved in their kids' education," said Scott, who served on the Capital School Board from 2005 to 2008.
Longtime educator Maurice Pritchett hopes the bill will become law.
"Increasing parent involvement is a critical component to improving inner-city public schools," said Pritchett, who was the 30-year principal at Christina's Bancroft Elementary before taking a district community engagement post in 2005. He retired last year. "They're more inclined to look in their child's backpack and check to see what they have for homework or help them prepare for a quiz or test."
"Budget-strapped lawmakers and educators say increasing parental involvement is the best way to improve Delaware public schools."
Rep. Darryl Scott, D-Dover, wants to give working parents up to 16 hours of unpaid leave each school year so they can participate in parent-teacher conferences, volunteer in their child's school and attend after-school activities.
"More and more families have both parents working, and they aren't able to get away from work to attend school conferences and be directly involved in their kids' education," said Scott, who served on the Capital School Board from 2005 to 2008.
Longtime educator Maurice Pritchett hopes the bill will become law.
"Increasing parent involvement is a critical component to improving inner-city public schools," said Pritchett, who was the 30-year principal at Christina's Bancroft Elementary before taking a district community engagement post in 2005. He retired last year. "They're more inclined to look in their child's backpack and check to see what they have for homework or help them prepare for a quiz or test."
