Parent Teacher Conference Time!

​This month’s post is from the Marshall Memos

(Originally titled “Parent-Teacher Conferences: Outdated or Underutilized?”)

“For some parents, teacher conferences are more like speed dating than substance,” says Sarah McKibben in this article in Education Update. Attendance at these conferences declines steadily as students move through the grades, from 89 percent in primary grades to 57 percent in high school according to one study, and many parents don’t believe they’re worth the trip. McKibben reports on some ideas for improvement:

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