Also, we would benefit by recognizing that parents do love their childrenas much as they are capable, and they care for and about their childrenas much as they are capable. Not all parents have the same capacity to loveand care, to nurture and support. We cannot excuse children and familiesfrom their commitment to learning and achieving school success. We alsocannot excuse our inability to succeed in teaching all kids. We must constantlyrenew our commitment to all children, our belief in their ability to learn,and our capacity to teach.
All children deserve our best.
Parents and schoolsmust work together and support each other to so that children have the bestchildhood possible, so that parents are supportive of learning and sendtheir children off to child-centered schools that meet the learning needsof all students. Where learning is primary, there is nothing about schools that is hostileto children. Plus A quality education ensures that all children learn to read and writeand learn the knowledge, skills, and applications of math, science, thesocial sciences, and literature. Plus not only includesthat focus, but also ensures that learners can think, make decisions, analyzeinformation, evaluate choices, solve problems, and work with others. Theoperative word is prepare .