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Education Week Teacher: Parent Meetings: Bypassing the Dance of Blame
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Do you dread parent meetings—or find that they don't yield the results you wish they did?
At their worst, such meetings (especially when they focus on a problem) are packed with defensiveness, frustration, guilt, and fear for parents, teachers, and students. All parties want to "get it over with." But by sharpening your facilitation skills, you can keep a parent meeting from degenerating into a dance of blame.
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