Pushing Parent Involvement is the title of a recent Ohio PBS program on parent involvement.

This is how they describe it:

“In Cleveland, teams of administrators are delivering alarm clocks to the homes of chronically truant students. In Michigan, a county prosecutor proposes jailing parents who repeatedly miss teacher conferences. Educators agree that students do better in school when their parents are involved, whether that means assuring their attendance, monitoring their homework or meeting with their teachers. But what happens when parents are absent from their kids’ schooling? Does coaxing or compelling them to be involved actually work? And should schools take more responsibility for connecting with parents?”