Meeting the challenge of the urban high school
MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF URBAN HIGH SCHOOL Meeting the Challenge of Urban High School Parents Involvement and Support Parent 's involvement and support is a crucial element for students success in school setting . In to engage parents in educational progress and development of their children , schools should organize frequent educational programs and volunteering activities that should aim to raise parents ' awareness level on their roles and responsibilities as extended educators . Pasadena High School has taken a pro-active approach to achieve parent 's integration in student 's development program by reaching

out to parents through telephone calls e-mails and letters , providing information about the school program of students , along with names of their advisor and head teachers , providing a direct route to parents for following up performance of their children
Shopping Mall Approach to Education
Education structure always reflects the social and economic events of the day . Therefore it is not surprising the today 's educational model carry distinct imprints of the theories of market freedom customization , and users ' choice . In what is described as `Shopping Mall ' approach to education by Baldwin , schools are allowing students to take only those subjects that they prefer . Although the `Shopping Mall approach to education helps students considerably in achieving good grades , taking only those subjects that are within their interest and compatibility zone and therefore achieve better utilization of their time and efforts , there are certain drawbacks of this approach which merit attention and discussion here
In the `Shopping Mall ' approach , students are...





