Do report cards reflect teaching or parenting?

There was a time when how well a child did in school was not only directly related to the quality of instruction, but also held parents responsible. In what may be a bygone era, parents didn’t wash their hands of their responsibility for their child’s performance in school. Those parents refused to shift the onus to the teacher whose day was filled with trying to elicit the best from ~ 20 to even 30 other students. It was a partnership in which parents held teachers in high esteem and made s...