There are various security precautions but we can, at any time, log in and see what is going on in our kids classrooms.
Also we review everything. Any new curriculum and we see it before it is allowed in. Which has made for some lively meetings of Parents and Teachers United (our version of the PTA).
“We home school one and have three in private school. It is not a fancy pants one nor a religious one but it is one where we, and the other parents, are heavily involved.
There are various security precautions but we can, at any time, log in and see what is going on in our kids classrooms.
Also we review everything. Any new curriculum and we see it before it is allowed in. Which has made for some lively meetings of Parents and Teachers United (our version of the PTA).”
That’s the way to do it if no other options are available. I remember when my (now 40-something) children were in school. The teachers were begging for parent involvement. Parent home-room sponsors were the norm (cookies or brownies on Friday morning delivered by parent sponsors), and school clubs not only had a teacher sponsor but a parent one as well (I was parent sponsor of the chess club).
Back then, parents were often invited to come and speak to their child’s class to tell what they did each day or any on other topic they wanted to discuss with the children regarding career choices and the changing technology.
Now, parents are pushed out of the classroom and any request to be involved in their child’s education results in a referral to the DOJ.