Educating Parents

Cynthia du Bois is correct when she says parents have to demand more from the schools but dead wrong when she says it can only come from competition (letter, May 8). The main problem is the parents. When the parents are active in the PTA, they can demand certain changes. It is done all the time. The biggest reason for the success of inner-city kids who go to private schools is that their parents are interested enough to send them, pay and then make sure that they are doing their homework. If parents everywhere insisted that their children learn, go to school and not roam the streets, the schools could then do their job of educating instead of baby-sitting.

Jack Seidman

Long Beach