The Answer to Better Schools

DateJanuary 29 1990

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AbstractTitle: “The Answer to Better Schools” A Great Expectations: The Education Project special; Peter Mehegan and Natalie Jacobson hosts; bolstering education by involving parents; hands on training for Norton to build practical skills for special needs students; Rosemary Ritchie, a special education teacher, on the subject; afterschool tutorial programs; poll commissioned on how important is parental involvement in education?; 93% said extremely important; second question asked would more parental involvement improve education?; 84% said yes; third question asked does school encourage parent participation in the classroom?; 59% said yes; Alan Bell, president of Bell Associates on the numbers of the polls; next set of poll questions; Types of Activities conducted by parents in the school; how many attend PTA meetings; time spent looking over homework; Volunteers in profile segments; Bank of Boston sponsorship commercial; Boston Edison sponsorship commercial; Bran’nola bread commercial; stories of schools that combine parental involvement with education; Mary Richardson reports on segment; Bank of Boston sponsorship commercial; Land of Lakes butter commercial; Robitussin commercial; stories on the involvement and impact of parents in inner city schools; guest interview with Dr. Dorothy Rich, founder and president of the Home and School Institute; Rich talks about her book, partnership between parents and children when it comes to education; Bank of Boston sponsorship commercial; Fresh Catch cat food commercial; promo for the Chronicles of Protest, a black history special; Richardson reports on teacher strikes in Chicago in 1987; Fred Hess, Chicago Panel on School Policy, on the subject; next set of polls; should parents evaluate teachers?; satisfaction on the quality of education; Bank of Boston sponsorship commercial; Boston Edison sponsorship commercial; Diet Pepsi commercial with Billy Crystal; clips of Charlie Brown special; examples on how parents need to support schools; outro and end credits.