Hypocritical Obamas and the Democratic Elites of Washington, D.C.

Equality of education is the civil rights issue of our time. It is with great satisfaction that I support Mr. Trump’s position on school choice and his selection for the Dept. of Education, Betsy DeVos.

The elites of Washington, D.C. has had no problem putting their children into one of the most high-priced private schools in the country, Sidwell Friends, in Washington, D. C. In doing so their children will not have to attend the public schools where the Democratic controlled unions have perpetrated bad schools and incompetent teachers on the Black children of that city.  

Described as "the Harvard of Washington's private schools", Sidwell Friends has educated children of notable politicians, including those of several presidents. Both of United States President Barack Obama's daughters, Sasha and Malia, and Vice President Joe Biden's grandchildren attend the school. President Theodore Roosevelt's son Archibald, Richard Nixon's daughter Tricia, Bill Clinton's daughter Chelsea Clinton, and Vice President Al Gore's son, Albert Gore III, all graduated from Sidwell

The 2016-2017 tuition for Sidwell Friends is $39,360 per student not including books and laptop fees. So the Obamas spent at least $78,720 for their children to go to that school. However, these hypocrites and the other Democratic elites are willing to deny a voucher of $12,000 per year for Black parents to send their children to a school of their choice.

Ironically, it takes a white Republican billionaire to relate to the concerns of inner city Black parents.

7 Ways to Become Involved in Your Children's Education

According to a study published in the American Educational Research Journal, parental involvement has been shown to positively influence graduation rates, children's achievement in language and mathematics, their academic persistence, and their behavioral problems. 

You never want your child or children to think that schoolwork is too hard and either start to withdraw or stop making an effort.

If you are a single parent, parental involvement falls solely upon your shoulders. If doing this is a struggle for you, admit to it and ask a relative, a friend, your neighbor, or a pastor for help in keeping close tabs on how your children are doing and working with the school to implement an action plan for improvement.

However, if parent involvement is not a struggle for you, here are: 

7 ways to carry out your parental involvement effectively.

1. Establish and maintain an ongoing dialogue with your children's teachers. Learn how to make sense out of your children's report cards. Determine what type of question to ask at parent-teacher conferences. And, make sure you know what your child should be studying and the tests they are required to pass.

2. Set up regular time for homework completion. Establish appropriate routines at home like creating quiet time for homework as well as for recreational reading. Limit the amount of television they can watch or video games they can watch.

3. Set a good example for your children. Let the children see that you value reading and lifetime learning by enrolling in classes yourself and taking part in study groups. Moreover, if you have younger children, read to them and with them.

4. Praise the child's effort. Instead of criticizing the child's mistakes, guide them into discovering the right answers through their own efforts. If you can't help them with their homework, keep a close enough eye on them to know if they're doing it themselves.

5. Establish a relationship with other like-minded parents and community groups to strive for excellence in the school.

6. Expose your children to a variety of learning experiences. Get up on Saturday mornings and take your children to the museums or the library. Help them to turn their favorite hobbies into enjoyable learning experience.

7. Volunteer, if possible, in the classroom and at least accompany your children's classrooms on field trips. Go to the parent/teacher conferences and meet all the teachers.

The fact of the matter is that the active involvement of parents is the first step in creating a level educational playing field. Parental involvement in the school can turn it from a dropout factory into one of excellence. 
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You can influence the choice of the principal, the type of curriculum, the quality of teaching, the expectations of teachers, and the security and safety of the classrooms.