“Parent Universities help districts tap into feedback required under funding formula”
Parent Universities help districts tap into feedback required under funding formula is an article in Ed Source reporting on Parent Universities in California — particularly in Long Beach and Fresno. It sounds like some good work is being done. However, as I have written regularly in this blog, they do some to be falling into the typical Parent University “rut.” As I’ve said: Parent “universities”
“How to Increase Parental Engagement in Urban Education”
Dr. Anthony Moore has written two posts in Ed Week about How to Increase Parental Engagement in Urban Education. You can see Part One here and Part Two here. Part Two has a useful list of ten pieces of advice to parents about how they can help their child, and the might be worth sharing with parents (though you might want to make modifications). Here are six of them: Make school a priority and ins
“Parents Look to Teachers for Help Using Educational Media at Home”
Parents Look to Teachers for Help Using Educational Media at Home is a useful article from The National Writing Project. It shares different ways schools are providing assistance to parents in helping them guide their child’s use of online sites. I’m adding it to A Beginning List Of The Best Resources On Using Technology To Help Engage Parents.
Arkansas School District Expands Parent Involvement Programs — At A Price
Last month, the Springdale School District in Arkansas won a major grant to expand parent involvement programs. Unfortunately, they’ve received the monies through the federal Race To The Top program. Here’s how the National Center For Families Learning described the grant: half the $26 million RTT-D award will go toward family engagement programs — strategies first introduced to SPS by Toyota Fami
New York Schools Chancellor Moves On Parent Engagement
New York City schools have a recent history of not being very effective around parent engagement, but it appears that new Chancellor Carmen Fariña might be beginning to change that…. Here are two recent articles from Chalkbeat describing her plans: Fariña’s parent engagement strategy starts with index cards Parent coordinators look for specifics, and reassurance, from Fariña
2-1-14 Engaging Parents In School All Week… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement"
Engaging Parents In School… | Going Beyond Parent "Involvement":I Don’t Think Taking & Throwing Out Students’ Lunches Because Their Parents Owe The School Money Is A Good IdeaBy now, you may have already heard about what happened in Salt Lake City this week — the parents of a number of students owed money on their children’s lunch account and, because of that, after those students we
