Dromm On the Issues: Education

Daniel Dromm has offered a detailed plan to get NYC's public school system back on track. As a teacher in the Queens public schools, Dromm understands the challenges facing students and educators. He is focusing his City Council campaign on the need to bring new ideas, more oversight, and increased parental involvement in the decision-making process at the Department of Education.

Requiring Parental Involvement

In study after study, researchers discover how important it is for parents to be actively involved in their child's education. As a teacher, Daniel Dromm can personally attest to the fact that the more a parent is involved in a child’s learning, the more successful the student is. He believes that parents should be required to meet with their children’s teachers on a regular basis -- to access the student’s academic performance, to actively organize and monitor a child's time, to help with homework and to discuss school matters.

As your city council representative, Dromm will create a program that requires parental involvement in a child's education. This will require additional monies and resources directed toward parental involvement but it is more than worth it.

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