Grades, while 56 percent preferred average grades combined withĮxtracurricular activities. Gallup Poll asked: "Which one of the following would you prefer ofĪn oldest child - that the child get A grades or that he or she makeĪverage grades and be active in extracurricular activities?" Onlyģ3 percent of public school parents answered that they would prefer A Parents' commitment to academic excellence is not very deep. Responded with cries of anger and disbelief. Percent of the schools met state standards, many parents (and others) When tough new statewide tests revealed earlier this year that only 6.5 There are indications that many parents have trouble accepting theįact that improving education is not a pain-free exercise. Life change as academic achievement assumes a more prominent role inĮducation? Will political support for reform remain firm if parents Willing to give up so that their children will learn more? Will family Important aspect of their children's education? What are they Whatever is necessary to raise children's levels of achievement.īut will they? Do parents really consider classroom learning the most Granted one of the most powerful influences on the quality of AmericanĮducation: the American parent. In focusing on the schools, however, reformers are taking for They are confident that such heightened expectations will yield dramatic Poke, prod, cajole, and coax schools to embrace lofty academicĮxpectations which, they believe, schools would not adopt on their own. Grade regardless of whether he or she has learned anything. Just about everyone wants toĮnd social promotion, the practice of passing a student on to the next There is bipartisan political enthusiasm for theĬreation of tough new learning standards. Setting higher expectations in the schools is the key to improvingĪcademic performance. It is a revolution fomented by reformers who believe that Retrieved from Ī new kind of revolution of rising expectations is sweeping the 1999 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 07 Mar.
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