I know I am repeating myself with this next statement, but it needs to be driven home here on the brink of this new school year. God holds parents responsible for the education of their children, not the educational partner parents may choose to help them. Too many parents seem to either not know this, forget it or just ignore it. If you are not homeschooling and the educational partner you choose to assist you in the formal education of your children fails in some way, God does not shift the responsibility from you to that partner. He still holds you responsible.
Now, that said, it is also the parents’ responsibility, especially if they choose a traditional school, be it public or private, as their educational partner, to be sure their children are ready for school -- and that doesn’t mean just making sure they have a well-stocked backpack filled with all the items on the supply list from the school. Of course, they need those things -- and they probably need some new clothes and shoes as well. But they need more, much more, if they are going to be truly ready to learn this year.
