The issue of parental involvement is vexing for education reformers. Everybody knows that it matters, but nobody really knows how to encourage it. In a free society, how do schools, or governments, make sure that parents provide the love, attention, discipline, nurturing, and care that their kids need to succeed? The short answer is: they can’t. So it’s with that context in mind that Secretary Duncan waded into the issue of parental involvement this week with a very thoughtful speech to the “Mom Congress.”…Read it here.
