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I have met very few parents who don't care about their children's education.[/quote]

This is an interesting statement.  Do all parents love their children? A overwhelming majority do because this is an instinct that is coded into us.

Do they care about their children's education? Depends on what you mean by "care".  All "care" and feel good when their children do their homework and are well behaved at school.  All "feel bad" when the kids do badly at school and get into trouble.  Yes, in that sense, we all "care" for the good things and "not care" for the bad things to happen to our children when they are getting educated.

Do we all "care" that we have qualified and caring teachers at school who can inspire our children? Yes.
Do we all "care" that our students are not isolated and bullied at school? Yes. 
Do we all "care" that are students needs are met and they meet the full potential of their abilities. Yes. 
Do we all "care" that the schools are safe from "sexual predators" and "gun violence". Yes.
Do we all "care" that our students are away from the influence and threat of gangs like MS-13. Yes. 
Do we all "care" that our students go to learn in a school that has adequate resources in terms of having the material and staffing resources? Yes.

You see we all "care".  As caring parents the above is the MINIMUM that we should demand from our schools.  What should we demand from our own selves as caring parents  is much more nuanced and personal.

Do we support our children with our time, effort and resources,  so that they want and achieve a future that will launch them to be successful adults who can earn an honest, legal and ethical living?  Do we raise them to be adults who can create strong and functional family units that provide a loving and supportive family home to their own children? Do we raise them to be emotionally stable and ethical so that they have the capacity to become a resource for their local community? Have we invested the time, effort and money to make sure that they have become thinking and analytical human beings, so that they can become aware and involved global citizens?

At the very least - all parents - however busy and overwhelmed, whatever their  need to provide the following for their children at home so that they can concentrate on their education.
 A safe home where they are not subjected or exposed to substance abuse, domestic violence, mental illness, emotional, physical and sexual abuse.
 A home where they can get 3 hot meals that are nutritionally balanced so that they do not have health issues now or later in life. 
 A home where they can live in a hygienic fashion - no hoarding, clean clothes, a comfortable bed, a place to eat, bathe, sleep, study.
 Parents have the responsibility to see that their child has done their homework  every day.
 Parents have the responsibility to make sure that their children are well behaved in school and other public places. 
 Parents have the responsibility to make sure that they  spend quality and quantity time with their children so that they can shape, guide and support them?

Do we do all of  the above by making it a priority over our own needs and wants? Most of us do. 
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