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Friday, January 24, 2014

1-24-14 Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"

Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement":











“Educating, Engaging and Mobilizing Parents: A Conversation with Parents for Public Schools Executive Director Anne Foster”
Educating, Engaging and Mobilizing Parents: A Conversation with Parents for Public Schools Executive Director Anne Foster is a good interview from Learning First. Here’s how it begins: Public School Insights (PSI): What is Parents for Public Schools? Foster: Parents for Public Schools (PPS) is a national organization of community-based chapters working to strengthen public schools by engaging, edu
“Truancy down when teens eat with parents, says OECD”
Truancy down when teens eat with parents, says OECD is the headline of an article in the BBC. I think it’s just a different summary of the PISA report I recently posted about — see Two Somewhat Interesting Results From PISA Parent Survey. My post highlights what I think are more useful results from their survey. I’m not too sure anyone will be surprised by the lead in the BBC article: Young peopl
I Reluctantly Suggest This Bilingual “Parent Toolkit” Is Worth Checking-Out
I have been, and continue to be, skeptical of anything connected to NBC’s Education Nation — including their “Parent Toolkit” (see NBC “Education Nation” Unveils “Parent Toolkit” — Time To Be Skeptical). However, they have just published a Spanish version of that Parent Toolkit and, given the dearth of good multilingual parent resources, I’m very reluctantly adding it to The Best Multilingual Reso
“7 Crippling Parenting Behaviors That Keep Children From Growing Into Leaders”
7 Crippling Parenting Behaviors That Keep Children From Growing Into Leaders is an article from Forbes that offers some decent advice to both parents and to teachers. I might be useful as a hand-out at a parents meeting to quickly review and discuss…
1-24-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: From The Archives: “Five key strategies to get/keep kids engaged at school”I’ve recently re-started an effort I’ve tried to do previously by regularly highlighting previous posts and articles I’ve shared in previous years that I think might be worth a second look. Today, I’m highlighting an excerpt from one of my books that