Lots of people here are pretty certain the &quot;key&quot; to a &quot;successful education&quot; are parents.<p>But one successful teacher&#x27;s view is this:
&quot;...Like all the teachers I talked to in Washington, Mr. Taylor laments the lack of parental involvement. “On back-to-school night, if you have 28 or 30 kids in your class, you’re lucky to see six or seven parents,” he says. But when I ask him how that affects his teaching, he says, “Actually, it doesn’t. I make it my business to call the parents—and not just for bad things...&quot;<p>h&#x2F;t u&#x2F;jseliger, who linked to a helpful article at the Atlantic, where I&#x27;m quoting this from.