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[quote=Anonymous]Picking up this thread about the achievement gap.  My child was slipping and sliding even with my full attention and my husband's to helping him/motivating him to get his homework done.  But we could not help!   Assignments on the website didn't match the datebook or the grade database (waaay too complicated to get the simple answer to the question, do you have any homework).  Handouts were misplaced, homework done was not turned in, simple assignments took hours, and on and on.  We tried backing off completely.  We tried a reward system.  We tried teacher feedback once a week.  We tried motivational talks.  What's needed: a homework system that's crystal clear, all teachers follow it to the letter, and both kids and parents understand it.

What I think people miss in this debate over whether it's the teachers' or the parents' fault is this:  Schools need to find a simple way to get the teachers efforts and parents efforts to sync up.    Design a system that makes success possible, and inform teachers and parents how to implement it.

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