And that is the main gist of the article -- if parents would accept that they should be a dynamic part of their child's education, most teachers would be considerably happier. Sure, there would be a few that would leave (which would probably be a good thing). But in general, most good teachers welcome parents in the classrooms.
“And that is the main gist of the article”
We must have read different articles...the main gist of the article that I read was that the teacher is the one with the authority over the child not the parent...an example would be about the summer reading assignment...another would be about not questioning the teacher...another would be about respect “owed”. I am sorry but from this article I would get the impression that teachers have very little if any respect for the parents...and if I am correct then it is no wonder that most public school kids that I know have little to no respect for their parents. They are learning that lesson well...