How can we hold parents accountable for their child's education?

It is the responsibility of all parents to ensure their children get the best possible from the education system. One of the ways to do that is making them reponsible for their children attending school: fine them if their children are truants.

Since God is the one who gave the responsibility of children to parents, it is up to m to hold them accountable. Not the government. Not the school district.

Not a truant officer. When parents stop shifting their responsibility to everyone else, their children will be educated and prove to be a positive contribution to society. Whether a child be in public school, private school, or home school, the parents are responsible for the education.

Not just being "involved," but being in charge!

You can take a horse to water but you cant make it drink....likewise with children and education....a parent can do their utmost to make sure their child is educated to the highest possible standard ,but its up to the child to knuckle down and learn,nothing can make a child learn if it doesn't want to .

Oh, yeah "fine them if their child is truant" that certainly helps the poor single mother doing her best to raise her 3 children and working two jobs just to survive. Our educational system in the US is not doing what we expect them to do - educate well. Our system is educate (brainwashing) our children to become a part of the herd and mindlessly consume, to stay well within the box and look outside the family for values and "inspiration."

Irregardless, the education of a child is not measured by attendance or grades or even honors, but by the value that child will add to society - will he be a sports star? Will she be a singing diva? An famous actress?

Or the celebrity of a reality show? These are the people inspiring our children to the same careers. A parent can fight against this all they want and will only reduce their size in their childs eyes.

The question can be answered easily by all parents are accountable for their child's education. The challenge is whether they are accountable in a positive, negative, or neutral way. I am a parent of 3 young children with one being in 1st grade.

The other two are 3 years and 11 weeks old. I have a long road ahead when it comes to their education, but with my 1st grader I make sure to be involved with her school work and seek opportunities to stretch her thinking beyond what is taught at school. With my 3 year old, I work with him on fundamental things that I remember learning myself in kindergarten (ABC's and 123's for example).

The point is that I choose to be accountable in a positive way by being involved. I'm not perfect by any means and have days that I don't have the energy to do all I could that day to help them learn something new. Bottom line is that parents are all accountable, but where that accountability is prioritized in their lives will make a difference in the long run to the child's development; good, bad, or other.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.