'Parent report card' proposal draws national attention, local opposition

Journal Inquirer ^

[Blue Turtle]

Edwards said the parent report card would be an objective way of identifying struggling parents. Then the school system can step in to help these parents, he said.

The point isn't to punish parents, Edwards says, but to identify the families who could most benefit from school-based assistance programs.

[Blue Turtle]

TOTAL COMPLETE IDIOTS....who want the hands of the government on your children. THAT is the worst kind of child abuse.

[texgal]

If you love your kids, grandkids - get them out of government run schools.

[Dreagon]

Wow, what a way to lean on parents to get their kids indoctinated.

My kids are going to private school, end of story.

[Redbob]

There’d be nothing whatsoever wrong with stating where in the world this “Journal Inquirer” is from, and WTF “Edwards” is.

[hophead]

The school systems in most cities can’t teach kids to read and write but they are competent enough to teach parenting skills?
What a great idea.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

When my wife and I have kids - we’re going to homeschool. End of story.

[maine-iac7]

This person better check her credentials if she thinks she’s a republican =

[Beckwith]

I want to see TEACHER report cards.

[Lou L]

Can you imagine the criteria for such grading?

1. Parents live healthy life-styles, conducive to raising children; i.e. non-smokers, non-drinkers?

2. Parents don't own firearms.

3. Parents aren't members of radical religious sects; e.g., Christianity

4. Parents aren't culturally diverse, etc.

[Calpernia]

John NannyWards!!!!!!!!!!!!

[crazyhorse691]

Looks like you cherry picked some lines from the article instead of posting the article UNCENSORED!!!! Are you agenda driven or just so upset with the proposal that you got overly excited????

[neodad]

Extra credit if the parents are gay!

[ecomcon]

Exactly. This is more diversion from the moral absolutes hating and relativist NEA.

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

As B.B. would say “What a maroon.”

[Blue Turtle]

This is in: Manchester, CT

[gracesdad]

“If you love your kids, grandkids - get them out of government run schools.”

So are you inferring that I hate my son?

[pandoraou812]

I want to see TEACHER report cards.

Good idea & lets have report cards on the principals & vice principals too. I think all parents ought to be able to fill out a form on them. I know my vp would get a big fat F from me. So far I can't complain about my daughter's teacher or the principal. But that vp is a nut case.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

The libs are getting bolder all the time. In 2004 Edwards was on record advocating mandatory civilian service (or else, no diploma) for high school students. Nobody (except criminals) should be doing government mandated, involuntary labor.
Now he’s calling for grading parents?
They all talk about choice, but all they ever do is support increasing government control over our lives.
Totalitarian by any other name still stinks.

[NYFriend]

Actually, parents who enroll their children in school should be getting the child to school on time (if they don’t take the bus), should be making sure their homework is done, should be making sure the kid is dressed for school and dressed for the weather, and I’d even go as far as to say that the kid should be fed before school. Parents who don’t care about their kids’ education set those kids up for academic and life failures.

Now, I’d be worked up too, if this was about a parent’s ideas, beliefs, or knowledge. But it isn’t.

[Tenacious 1]

I liked the idea of encouraging parents to be more involved.

Now that I read the liberal reason for the report card. I am against it too. It is another way to “reach out” to those, helpless, sucky, parents and get the government to help them raise their children.

How about calling out those parents that could do more in the way of supporting their children’s education and letting them do for themselves? Don’t do it for them!!!!

They become dependent....I mean democrats.