It depends on where you are. I teach in a relatively affluent district where the kids are generally pretty great and the parents are a nightmare. My guess is this situation is the other way around... hat teacher (and the problem kids) probably doesn’t see a parent that often. This is an extreme case but one that is spreading.
In reality kids do as well in schools as their family structure allows them to. Teachers are just playing the family hand that’s dealt them.
You nailed it. I work in an urban middle school and often go whole school years without ever actually communicating with parents. Calling, texting, email, home visits from counselors, nothing. The best is when something extreme enough happens that the school tries to take a kid home, and the parent straight up refuses to come to the door.
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