Parental Involvement in Common Schools There are all together six goals of a common school system, which I¡¦m going to discuss in details throughout my essay and also how parental involvement can help schools achieve these goals. The overall general goal of the system is to secure democracy. ¡§Thomas Jefferson argued that democracy required citizens to deliberate publicly and to use their reason to decide among competing ideas for guiding the nation.¡¨ (Oakes & Lipton, 1999, …showed first 75 words of 1997 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1997 total…be interested in going to the events that the school is offering. By getting involved in their children¡¦s schools parents can definitely help the teachers achieve the six goals of the common schools. I believe that when parents are around children will tend to listen more, and when parents are involved they would feel that they are a part of school that way they will be more concerned and aware about school¡¦s decisions.