School enrollment is at an all-time high and will continue rising until 2007. The U.S. Department of Education reported that 52.2 million students went back to public and private schools this fall, surpassing last year's 51 million high. Students want their parents to be more involved at school and in their education. The dropout rate is plummeting. American teachers spend more time at work than teachers in other countries.
Family matters most.
Parents blame themselves, not educators, if schools don't work. Teachers say children in quality after-school programs become more cooperative, learn to handle conflict better, develop an interest in recreational reading, and get better grades. Voters support technology for schools. There's plenty you can do with facts like these. The next time you read an editorial in your newspaper about how poorly the schools are doing, write back, citing statistics from the Third International Math and Science Study.