There are those who want to lower class size and add other resources so kids have a better chance to be able to read by third grade. We're trying to come up with a hybrid of those two things. Senate Leader DeGrow is crafting a plan to require districts to keep failing students after school or during summer months to help them catch up. So her mother and I provided that at home. I wish every child had that opportunity.
Some charter schools require parents to volunteer for classroom duty.
But if parents fail to live up to that commitment, there's little the charters can do about it. Because they are public schools, charter schools must accept all comers, until available space is filled, and they can't kick students out of school for the sins of their parents. But Dan Quisenberry, executive director of the Michigan Association of Public School Academies, said requiring parents to be involved is achieving the desired results anyway. The Detroit News We welcome your comments .