Exactly. When in one breath we are told the kids are with their families for more hours than they are in school BUT WE ARE responsible if they fail. We cannot control the meals at home, their bedtimes, the arguments and noisy parties in a house when students should be sleeping, the amount of alcohol and drug abuse in the house, the badmouthing of schools in the home or the store, or their absences. When educators in the classroom are allowed to teach their students they way they need to be taught and not give in to helicopter parents the students will be better off. And for crying out loud, students ARE NOT a test score! Their daily progress means more than a score on one day of the entire year. All subjects should be allowed in the classroom, not just math and reading, especially when kids are far behind. Some people will never understand this.