| Set in an elementary school with increasingly changing demographics, this case focuses on the difficulty of building community among educators and parents of widely disparate socio-economic levels. What is the responsibility of principals and teachers to reach out to all parents, and to what extent?
Discussion Questions:
- What should Mae do next? Can she accrue the power to mobilize parents, teachers, the administration? Who are her allies?
- What is a school’s responsibility to get all families involved?
- What is the percentage of minority students needed for a school to initiate a family literacy program?
- What is a school’s responsibility to close the achievement gap between low-income students and high-income students?
- How do schools get teachers, parents, and administrators to become more sensitive and accommodating to all cultural and economic backgrounds?
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By
Megan Bender
TNLI
Affiliate:
New York City
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