Homework for parents.

• Position: EDUCATION - Montclair High School in New Jersey - Brief article

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Some ninth-graders at Montclair High School in New Jersey may find themselves asking their parents, "Have you done your homework?" Damion Frye, an English teacher at Montclair, asks parents to read and comment on the same literary works their kids are studying in class. If they don't comply, Frye tells them, their child's grade may suffer (a threat he has made good on only once). The point is to keep parents involved in their teens' education. "Parents complain about never getting to see their kids' work," says Frye. "Now they have to." Students do their assignments during class; parents write theirs on a blog that Frye started. Some parents have enjoyed revisiting their high school...