And a child shall lead them — through parent-teacher conferences.
Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña announced plans Saturday to implement more student-led parent-teacher meetings next school year.
Such conferences take place at only a handful of city schools now.
The students “have all their test scores and homework scores and grades, and they tell parents, ‘This is what I know, this is what I need to know, and this is how you can help me,’ ” Fariña said, describing her vision of a parent-child dialogue.
Speaking to about 50 parents attending a workshop at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Farina didn’t outline how many schools would be doing such conferences in the future, but said at least 11 schools now host student-led meetings.
Some teachers gave the plan low grades.
“It’s going to be an uphill battle,” said Christina Ramos, a teacher at the Academy of Urban Planning HS in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
“You’re always going to have students who are reflective and those kids are usually at the top of the class. That’s not who needs to be at the conference. The kid who doesn’t show up to class, who doesn’t have good support at home — those are the parents you are trying to reach.”