Chapter 3: Families and Communities

Principle #4- All Students can achieve at high levels regardless of their families.

Fifty years ago the world was a very different place. Men and women graduated from high school, got married shortly after, had children and mom stayed home to look after them. Now things are different. Although most children do live with two parents one of them may not be their natural parent. Also, according to our textbook, The Joy of Teaching, on page 98 it says "single mothers, single fathers, grandparents and other guardians raise approximately one of three children in the United States." Families are different but we can see by the number of successful professionals still in the work force that it has not held students back from achieving at high levels.