A parent coordinator advises parents to temper their expectations for the upcoming parent-teacher conferences. Read her top six tips to make the most of the meetings.

A parent coordinator, from the South Bronx Preparatory School, said email and texts finally are taking off in her community and she hopes they’ll help her connect with more parents than ever before.

A parent coordinator writes: These days there is a lot of emphasis on school accountability and teacher accountability. But who is paying attention to parent accountability and finding ways to help parents become more involved? “Someone is always talking, measuring, criticizing — but not solving,” she writes.

A parent coordinator in the South Bronx writes about the challenges of engaging parents in one of the most struggling districts in the city, but says, ‘no matter how small the steps or how many things I try I can’t give up on our students or their parents.’