How do the parents feel about Mount Holyoke students observing and interviewing their children?
We are very open with parents about the fact that we are a laboratory school. Parents who want to enroll their children at Gorse sign a permission form for their children to be observed and to work with college students in the classroom. For any studies that involve formal observations or interviews, parents are asked to sign permission slips. They have the right to refuse permission, but usually the parents agree to let their children participate in the studies. Parents know that confidentiality will be observed by our researchers.
