Fed education chief to dads: Turn off TV, read
Source: Yahoo News Posted By: Zarah Owens..5339 days ago
Getting fathers involved in their children's education will take turning off the TV at home and opening the school doors to them, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Wednesday.
"Both sides have to move toward the middle, toward each other," he said in an interview after a forum attended by dozens of nonprofit groups, churches, and government officials around New England.
"What's fascinating to me is that both sides need each other so badly. Educators desperately need parents to be more involved,....