Why don’t some schools hide grades from parents to avoid upsetting them?
Why don’t some schools have counsellors who can give students advice based on their grades so that parents don’t need to see report cards and possibly suffer mental health issues as a result?
Because schools should not hiding information from parents. I'm a father of 3 and would not accept my children's grades being hidden from me.
Our school district uses a web app called Aspen, through which parents can see their kids' grades in real time (as teachers grade things), not just when report cards are published. It's good not to overreact to each data point.
Grades are a measure of understanding VS expectations. If my kid is struggling with a topic, then I can hire tutors, or just sit with them and work through things.
You can't fix what you can't measure.
Teaching kids is the schools job, but it's my job too. I'd argue it's more my job than their job. I'm the CEO of my kids education. If they are falling it's on me to help them.
If I don't know there's a problem, how can I help.
Why on earth would schools hide grades from parents?
If grades are causing mental health issues or other problems, that is definitely a problem. And it is counselors job to help out giving advice on academic progress as well as healthy functioning in schools. But those two don't connect to the point that parents should be excluded from their children's education. Public school is a service available to parents, not a replacement for parenting.
There's a private school near me which doesn't do grades, which might be close enough.
If you're a parent and seeing your kids grades would distress you, you could choose not to look.
Phrasing any broad question as "why dont" makes no sense. Who are you asking the question to? Its a subjective question so the why depends on the answerer.
Why would I suffer from mental health issues if my kid gets bad grades? I'll just do what I can as a parent to help them get better.
What mental health issues do you think parents will have from their child’s grades?
Have you been following the legislation in Florida?