parents’ evenings

Earlier today I read this post on the purpose of parents' evenings by David James. It's an excellent exploration of some of the vagaries and oddness of being either side of the table, but ultimately it doesn't answer the question: What are parents' evenings for? This is something my wife explained a number of years ago. For some reason neither of us can remember, I was allowed to attend our daughters' parents evening alone. Being a teacher I felt fairly confident of my role in proceedings: to hold the teachers to account. I scrutinised their books, looked carefully for the impact [...]