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Getting Ahead
Benefit from "No Child Left Behind"
By Sue Marquette Poremba
, a number of middle schools across the country that are using innovative methods to partner with parents, making sure that not only is entering middle school a smoother transition but that giving parents a better understanding of the changing curriculum is a top priority.
"The average child spends 180 days a year in school for approximately seven hours a day, totaling 1,260 hours a year," says DeBroff. "While this time is vital to student learning, consider the 7,500 hours a year your child does not spend in school. How he spends his time outside of the classroom deeply impacts his quality of learning, and your challenge is to make the most of your child's education away from school."
Under No Child Left Behind, education may become more rote and less creative, but with parents' help, we'll be graduating smart kids who can also take tests.