Students of lower grades should use bound books for their schoolwork and homework instead of worksheets, which may be crumpled and lost. I know these suggestions seem like a small, insignificant details. However, the truth is that neither students nor teachers or parents can comprehend the collection of sheets that accumulate during the course of a year. Progress becomes apparent to teachers, parents and students when they can judge the collected work of weeks or months. Being able to judge the work keeps parents and students more focused and stay on top of the curriculum.
Education is a mission.
To ensure commitment it needs a plan that will even be understood by the most distant participant. Every war spends an enormous amount of money to clarify the goal and motivate the troops. However, our political leaders seem to have retreated into a position of surrendering this responsibility to computers and Internet connections. Outstanding education will only become top priority if we present a clear plan to the civilian population of parents and thereby motivate them. Net Web Services sm , a division of Teachers Web sm .