improving childrens' education

Just ran across this retrospectively obvious idea (as in, fascinating but makes you feel dumb not to have thought of it) on Amitai Etzioni's Personal and Communitarian Reflections weblog (via Lance Knobel) -

Small town America still sometimes comes up with ideas all should consider. Pass on the word: The Lebanon, Pennsylvania school district plans to include evaluations of parental involvement with student report cards. The evaluations may include sections on whether the parent attends parent-teacher conferences, returns forms that have to be signed, and whether the child comes to school healthy and properly dressed. Those who receive negative evaluations would be offered suggestions and their child could be assigned a mentor (e.g., community volunteers or high school students). (Harrisburg Patriot, 2/11/03)