online communication
Parents Accessing Children’s Grades Online–Good or Bad?
Monday, October 6th, 2008An article in Stars and Stripes recently reported that the Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Europe implemented a new software program , GradeSpeed. The program gives parents via Internet access to their children’s progress with attendance, assignments and grades.
Instead of hearing about grades at report periods only, GradeSpeed allows parents to keep up as teachers enter grades throughout [...]
Online Only “Choice” Widens the Gap
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008An article in the Charlotte Observer announced that Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools will no longer accept paper applications to their magnet schools. Regardless of whether families have computer access, they must submit applications online. Although efforts are being made to make this “choice” available to all, it’s one more example of the widening gap between the haves [...]