Take missing homework assignments. Teachers have heard all the excuses. Students may say they left their work in their locker or that a parent forgot to place it in their backpack. School-affiliated Web destinations could clear up miscommunication and encourage students to do their homework on time, providing an instant link between schools and homes. So when a student at school writes a story, a parent online at home can salute the accomplishment, as well as check out the lunch menu or find out about the next field trip.
Parents are the first teachers.
So for us, the Web site is a great tool to keep communication going back and forth. An estimated 70 percent of the nation's schools are equipped with computers. In the future communication between home and school will most likely be mainly online rather than on paper, reducing the chance that homework is lost or left behind. Parenting Correspondent Pat Etheridge contributed to this report. All Rights Reserved.