Moms and Pops.

                              

In this article titled, “The Key to Stemming high-school drop-outs: Parents” it is about how low performing schools would do better at reaching out to those students by hitting the parents.  Seems logical.  This article is rather thorough including useful information such as:  

“The report aims to move the conversation beyond traditional tensions – with schools and parents sometimes blaming one another for low student achievement. It shows broad support for a number of steps that schools could take, including a single point of contact for parents and a way to check grades on the Internet. Six of 10 parents in low-performing schools say it would be extremely helpful to be notified when a student is cutting classes or having academic problems.”

Read about it here:  http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1027/p02s01-usgn.html

Of course it’s from the Christian Science Monitor.  They love families.