Discussion questions for EPFP Fellows and guest panelists

1. What can the parents, guardians and/or adult caregivers do to assure that their child has a quality educational experience? Why do you believe these actions are best?

Considerations in answering:

• How can parents/guardians/ or adult caregivers learn about the choices that are available to them regarding their child's education?
• Is it reasonable for parents/guardians/caregivers to expect that every child will receive educational experiences that are tailored to fit the learning needs of their individual child?
• Whose responsibility is it to monitor the quality of educational experiences? Parents? Teachers? Principal? The community?

2) Assuming it is important for parents/guardians and adult caregivers to be more involved with the education of their children, what are the implications for a 0-12 education system when parents and adult caregivers do become "more involved"?

3) If you were given the task of drafting an education policy in the future, how would it look? Would the educational system be radically different than it is today? How? Given the different educational options available to students, how would you go about allocating your limited resources?