Children of all ages show livestock, and manage to fit in academics, during the week-long event. For some families, attendance at other shows in the state and across the country mean school at the fair is a regular occurrence. Don't know about you, but I could get 20 kids into great Internet classes for about twenty bucks, including bus fare to the local library. Chicago public schools will begin this year evaluating parents. Yes, you read that correctly.
Schools have the option of targeting all parents, or only selected parents.
Parents who don't meet the expectations of the schools will receive home visits every 10 weeks from one of more than 1000 school staff members or counselors. New Jersey parents of gifted children say public schools aren't doing what it takes to educate their kids. In one classroom, when an advanced child would finish all his day's work by 10 am, the teacher would simply hand him a ball of putty to keep himself occupied. Parents say their gifted children are frustrated and bored, subject to teasing by their peers, and the target of discipline by teachers who don't like having their authority challenged. This is your brain.