Exam 16: Parents and Caregivers Partnerships With Schools

Some organisations, particularly teachers' unions, have argued that parents and community members should not be active participants in schools because:

It is difficult for teachers to meet parents' need to have assessment data reported clearly because:

You are being interviewed for a job in a school which uses Henderson et al's (2007) four basic beliefs to underpin its partnership approach to parent participation. What would you say when you are asked about how you would translate each of the four beliefs into your practice as a teacher?