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Education Week: Parent Involvement

PARENT INVOLVEMENT

The latest news on parent involvement in education, including archives and commentary.

Momentum Stalls for 'Parent Trigger' Proposals

Numerous states this year have introduced parent-trigger proposals, which would allow parents the opportunity to restructure or close academically struggling traditional public schools or convert them to charters. Most have stalled or died.

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Spotlight on Parent Involvement

Research indicates that students benefit when their parents are engaged in their learning and schools. This Spotlight explores how to encourage meaningful home-school connections.

K-12, PARENTS, AND THE PUBLIC BLOG

12/08 06:53 pm | Education Engagement: Parting Thoughts| While staffing a table at a "family empowerment" fair at my son's school last month, I thought: These are the rewards and limitations of parent and community engagement in ...

TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SOURCEBOOK

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Latest News

Census: Parents Reading More With Their Children

Experts says the growth in parent engagement may lead to academic payoffs for children.

August 19, 2011 - Education Week

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New Law Spares Homeschoolers from Bureaucracy of Old Laws

The law does away with a requirement that the superintendent visit each homeschool home every year, among other things.

August 17, 2011 - McClatchy-Tribune

Kids Count Report: Child Poverty Up in 38 States

The Annie E. Casey Foundation found 14.7 million children, 20 percent, lived in low-income homes in 2009, a 2.5 million increase from 2000.

August 17, 2011 - AP

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Chicago Community Group Breaks Down Home-School Barriers

With its grassroots parent-mentor program, Chicago's Logan Square Neighborhood Association is empowering immigrant parents and engaging them in their children's schooling.

August 15, 2011 - Education Week

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Parents Face Sticker Shock at Enrollment–in Public Schools

The so-called course or lab fees can range from $10 or $20 to more than $100 per class, depending on the school, records show, adding to the rising cost of a public school education in the Chicago region.

August 8, 2011 - McClatchy-Tribune

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COMMENTARY

Confronting Gender Anxiety

Gender stereotypes can stifle children cognitively and emotionally, but raising a gender-neutral child is not the answer, write Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett.

August 5, 2011 - Education Week

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Statistics Show More Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren

With a growing number of school-age children living with their grandparents, grandparents are seeking a more prominent role in schools.

August 3, 2011 - Education Week

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Conn. Parents Ask Courts to Block Schools' Takeover

On Wednesday, a group of Bridgeport parents asked a Superior Court judge to halt the replacement of the city's school board by state officials.

July 14, 2011 - McClatchy-Tribune

Frustrated Educators Aim to Build Grassroots Movement

Organizers of the Washington march say U.S. policymakers are moving in the wrong direction to bring about school improvement.

June 14, 2011 - Education Week

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Legislative Momentum Stalls for 'Parent Trigger' Proposals

The concept proves intriguing, but logistics and opposition lead many state lawmakers to move slowly.

June 14, 2011 - Education Week

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