An Alternative to Calarco's Thesis

I recently gave my response to Sarah D. Spark’s post “Study: Middle-Class Students Are Better at Asking for Academic Help”  (See my “A Response to a Recent Study of Social Class and Readiness to Seek Teacher Assistance” below).

In this piece, National-board Certified teacher and author Kevin Mixon presents promising alternatives that I believe will work. Mixon suggests that more two-way communication between parents and teachers is needed because “parents and families usually know students best and can give valuable direction on how their children learn.” Teachers should call parents at home more often, and home visits can be especially helpful to “underserved students.”

You can read his article at: http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2011/12/07/fp_mixon.html?tkn=NYMFQz2SgjpxKhRyQ2Cfz8QgVbGSKYnyexIE&cmp=clp-edweek