Educating, Not Babysitting!

"Educating, Not Babysitting " explains how schools lose their way under competing priorities, a lack of leadership, and a lack of oversight. It also recommends how taxpayers, parents, students, teachers, and administrators can drive the process of refocusing a district on its sole critical mission-maximizing student learning. It explains that: Taxpayers must not write blank checks Students must seek to learn Teachers must believe in their students Parents must join in Administrators must be everyone's role model Based on personal experience and presented in an informal, friendly format, "Educating, Not Babysitting " demonstrates that education is everyone's concern. Together, these groups can rescue school districts from the malaise of "at-riskness" and get back to the business at hand-maximizing learning.