There’s been some excellent commentary about education in the blogosphere in the past week. Harry writes about the problems with parent-teacher homework agreements. Lisa follows up on our discussion and writes about methods for parents to become more involved in their school, with a comment from me. BitchPhD writes that her son’s teacher steps over the line and involves herself in family business. The comments on her post were also interesting as some felt that school wasn’t challenging enough and others thought there was too much pressure on kids. Tim Burke sees an underlying political agenda in the debates about homework. And Professing Mama found her parent-teacher conference a wonderful experience.

With Jonah is now in 2nd grade, I’ve had three years of experiencing public schools from a parent perspective. After years of analyzing abstract studies and debating political theory around education, here I am in the middle of it as a participant. Rude awakening.

Two separate issues keep coming up around here: challenging kids and involving parents.

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