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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Engaging Parents In School… - Parent “Academies”

Engaging Parents In School… - Parent “Academies”:

Parent “Academies”

The San Francisco Chronicle recently published an article about a series of “PTA School Smarts Parent Academies” that are being held at a local school and others around the state. The President of the California PTA also has written a column about this effort.

I’m sure it’s a good experience for the parents involved, but it again raises concerns in my mind about how these kinds of parent academies/universities are run and their purpose. As I’ve written in Some Of These “Parent