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 .
Some communities, however, lack the capacity and resources to provide allthe needed supports. If thecommunity has not provided them and the schools do not provide them, thechild may not be able to learn. When schools are unable to teach childrenbecause a support service is needed and not available or not provided, therole of the school shifts to caregiver or babysitter, and we are not inthe babysitting business. In such cases, schools need to directly providesupport in order to get to the job of teaching and learning. Developmentally Organized Continuous Progress Most schools are organized by grades, but grades represent age levelsof students, not learning levels.