Another English teacher sent me this link to a New York Times article about an English teacher in New Jersey who requires the parents to log onto the class blog and comment on different pieces of literature. The teacher states that if the parent does not respond, the student's grade could be effected. Can you imagine how this would work in St. Paul? The idea is that students will do better if their parents are involved. The parents comment on different excerpts that the students are studying. If the parent states in a letter that they would not participate in the assignment, the student was not penalized. If the parent wanted to email or call their response in, the teacher would also accept this. Fascinating idea...
Here is the address of the article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/education/04homework.html
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