Just this week, two short pieces talking about community organizing and parent engagement were published. They might be worth a look: What Inspired Me to Study Parent and Community Engagement at Harvard Education Publishing. Education reform through community action at The Washington Post.
“Building Trust With Parents”
Building Trust With Parents is another excellent post by Chris Wejr. I’m adding it to The Best Sources Of Parent Engagement Advice For Teachers.
“Parent Involvement…begins with ‘Hello’”
“Parent Involvement…begins with ‘Hello’” is a very thoughtful response to the recent Louisville article about parent involvement there. It’s written by Myrdin Thompson, a former PTA president there.
Informative Parent Involvement Infographic & Article
The Louisville Courier Journal has published an extremely informative infographic about parent involvement. In fact, there’s so much information packed into it that it’s difficult to decipher it all! It accompanies a very long article on parent involvement, which is okay, but doesn’t cover any new ground.
“To Teach a Child: The Parents’ Role”
To Teach a Child: The Parents’ Role is the headline The New York Times gave to a small collection of letters to the editor reacting to Tom Friedman’s piece on parent involvement. None are super-special, but it’s worth a quick look.
“Parents denied chance to observe classroom”
Parents denied chance to observe classroom is the title of a post by Jay Mathews at The Washington Post. Not letting parents who might be sending their child to a school doesn’t seem to me to be the wisest parent engagement policy for a school to have. There are plenty of comments on his post. [...]
“We need to make sure we use words that will build relationships not walls”
The title of this post is the last line from a post titled Hey, That’s My Kid You’re Talking About! It provides some good advice on how teachers speak with parents. I’m adding it to The Best Sources Of Parent Engagement Advice For Teachers.
Useful Webinar Notes
Joe Mazza, who blogs about parent engagement issues, participated in The Harvard Family Research Project family involvement webinar I posted about last week. He took some great notes, which he has graciously shared online.
The NY Times’ Tom Friedman On Parent Involvement
New York Times’ columnist Tom Friedman has just published a pretty interesting column on the importance of parent involvement, though I do wish he had a better headline than “How About Better Parents?” In it, he highlights a a couple of new studies (and includes links to them) and quotes one researcher: Schleicher explained to [...]
“The Family Engagement for High School Success Toolkit”
The Family Engagement for High School Success Toolkit is a new report from The Harvard Family Research Project and United Way. It may be worth a look.
“International Day for the Abolition of Slavery”
Today, December 2nd, is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. ESL Holiday Lessons has a lesson for English Language Learners on the day. I’ve also updated The Best Resources For Learning About Human Trafficking Today.
Special ESL/EFL/ELL Edition Of “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t”
NOTE: I usually publish a list like this once or twice a week. Today, though, I’m sharing several impressive resources that might hold particular interest for ESL/EFL/ELL teachers. I have a huge backlog of resources that I’ve been planning to … Continue reading →
Additional Resources On HIV & AIDS
Today is World AIDS Day, and I’ve added many new resources to The Best Web Resources For Learning About HIV & AIDS: World AIDS Day 2011 is a photo gallery from the Sacramento Bee. HIV and Aids: interactive timeline of … Continue reading →
“What Is The Most Important Thing To Remember About Classroom Management?”
What Is The Most Important Thing To Remember About Classroom Management? is the new “question of the week” at my Education Week Teacher column. As that post explains, the response will be a three-part series. I hope readers will offer … Continue reading →
Best Of TED Talks — 2011
TED has announced 18 ideas that will shape 2012: Counting down TEDTalks on Huffington Post. This is how they describe it: TED and The Huffington Post are launching a year-end collaboration around 18 groundbreaking ideas that premiered on TED.com in … Continue reading →
Create A Simple Online Poll With “Hall”
Hall is a new site that lets you do several things — all apparently without requiring registration — including creating a simple poll. That tool seems the most useful to me, so I’m highlighting it here and adding it to … Continue reading →
There Are Now 816 “The Best…” Lists
There are now 816 categorized “The Best…” lists. That’s a lot of lists…. You can find them categorized by subject here. They are listed chronologically here. The best way to find one that you’re looking for is to go to … Continue reading →
Gun-Toting Santas, Talking Coffee-Mates & Other Christmas “Delights”
Here are the newest additions to The Best Places To Learn About Christmas, Hanukkah, & Kwanzaa (by the way, a portion of that list was temporarily missing earlier today, but it’s all back now): Merry Christmas From Lee Friedlander is … Continue reading →
Join Me On Dec. 13th For A Free Webinar On “Student Motivation & Classroom Management”
Eye On Education is sponsoring a free one hour webinar on December 13th, 4:30 PM Eastern Time, with me to discuss Student Motivation & Classroom Management. You can learn more about the Webinar, and register for it, here. EOE are … Continue reading →
The Best Places To Find The Most Popular (& Useful) Resources For Educators –2011
I periodically post “most popular” lists of websites (and books) that I think educators might find useful. Of course, there are a number of ways to gauge “popularity.” I just view these lists as opportunities to check-out some new sites, … Continue reading →
More On Christmas
Here are the newest additions to The Best Places To Learn About Christmas, Hanukkah, & Kwanzaa: Here’s a video from The New York Times called “Educating Santa”: Christmas approaches is a photo gallery from The Boston Globe. Christmas – Links … Continue reading →
This Week’s “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t”
I have a huge backlog of resources that I’ve been planning to post about in this blog but, just because of time constraints, have not gotten around to doing. Instead of letting that backlog grow bigger, I regularly grab a … Continue reading →
“Several Ways Teachers Can Create A Supportive Environment For Each Other”
Several Ways Teachers Can Create A Supportive Environment For Each Other is my newest post at Education Week Teacher. It including my ideas, and ones from Bill Ferriter and others….