Checking Grades from Home
The Seattle Times has a good article today on districts that make grades available online for parents. I think it’s a great idea, especially for parents of middle school and high school students, because you can see problems when they are developing (and can be fixed), not at the end of the grading period when it’s too late. (As Duane Duxbury of Everett points out in the article, however, it’s just one more area where students from poor homes are at a disadvantage, since their parents are less likely to have a home computer.)
The article is at seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2001811529_grading10m.html. You may need to fill out a brief registration before viewing the site.