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Op-Ed: PTA ‘badly broken’
In the debate over how to improve public education, we pay lip service to the home-school partnership. Parent participation in schools is one of the four pillars of academic success, alongside teachers, principals and resources, but the primary instrument of this relationship — the parent-teacher association (PTA) — is badly broken. As millions of American…
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Opinion: Governor Says to Reopen Schools, But What’s the Plan?
Gov. Larry Hogan’s announcement authorizing school districts across the state to reopen school buildings days before the new school year was about to start is going to add to parent, student and teacher anxiety and stress. The larger trends are not promising. Public health experts see infection rates moving back up as the flu season…