In the broader society, mistrust increasingly defines the parent-teacher relationship. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
As a Heights parent and seventh grade core teacher, Kyle Blackmer shares a practical vision for sound parent-teacher relationships. It begins with understanding parents and teachers in their true, cooperative roles for a child’s good. And it ends with developing real friendship between parents and teachers as they pursue this good together.
1:29 Decline of the parent-teacher relationship
4:51 Parents’ true role as primary educators
10:18 How teachers relate to parents
13:40 How parents relate to teachers
18:28 Shared understanding of the goal
20:52 School as a community
26:39 Building parent-teacher relationships
We Need to Talk About Parent-School Relationships by Daniel Buck
Partnering with Parents: Some Implications for Parents as Primary Educators by Michael Moynihan
Communicating with Parents by Kyle Blackmer
The Role of Parents in the Conspiracy for the Good featuring Alvaro de Vicente
Order and Surprise: Lionel Yaceczko on Beauty and the Western Tradition featuring Lionel Yaceczko
Humility and Teaching: On Leading While Walking Backward by Joseph Bissex
Parents as Primary Educators by Michael Moynihan
Headmaster’s Lecture on Freedom in the Home at The Heights School (October 4, 2025)
Fathers’ Conference at The Heights School (November 1, 2025) link coming soon
Convivium for Teaching Men at The Heights School (November 13-15, 2025)
