In Delaware, the teachers union is actually trying to have parent accountability imbedded into the state's evolving teacher accountability laws. But when it comes right down to it, teachers and school administrators are going to be left on the hook when it comes to raising the standards of American public education.
Parents are already on a different hook, by law.
By law, parents must make sure their children are in school if they are under 16. Unfortunately, too many school districts don't pay much more than lip service to enforcing truancy laws anymore. A truancy court has been established in Delaware's magistrate court system but, good intentions notwithstanding, it is only nibbling at the edges of the problem. School attendance is only spottily enforced by Delaware schools. Some districts are tougher than others, but none are as tough on absenteeism as schools used to be.