Guest Post: Report From The National Family Engagement Conference
I’ve previously published short reports on last month’s National Family Engagement Conference. Today, Carrie Rose, Executive Director of the Parent-Teacher Home Visit Project, has written this guest post about it: Parent-Teacher Home Visits Fit DOE’s Vision Researcher Karen L. Mapp’s lifts up PTHVP in Family Engagement Framework CINCINNATI- Back in the day, did your grandma help with costumes for
MAY 08
“Where to Turn When the School Wants to Have Your Child ‘Tested’”
Where to Turn When the School Wants to Have Your Child ‘Tested’ is a useful New York Times post by Jessica Lahey. I’m adding it to The Best Resources To Help Engage Parents Of Children With Special Needs.
MAY 07
“Madison School District opens schools to students’ parents as way to engage families”
Madison School District opens schools to students’ parents as way to engage families is a nice article about what schools in Madison, Wisconsin are doing to promote family engagement. It’s a good size piece. Here’s an excerpt: Anne Henderson, a consultant for the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, helped develop family engagement standards for the National PTA, from which M
This Is The Best Critique Of The “Broken Compass” Parent Involvement Book That I’ve Seen…
Parental involvement overrated? Don’t buy it is a very, very impressive response to the “Broken Compass” authors dismissal of most types of parent involvement. It’s written by three college professors — By Todd Rogers, Lucas Coffman and Peter Bergman — and appeared on the CNN website. I can’t emphasize enough that people should read the entire post, but here’s an excerpt: Citing their research, th
MAY 06
“How to be an advocate for your (special needs) child”
How to be an advocate for your (special needs) child by Jovan Miles could be a very useful post to share with parents. It’s a great additions to The Best Resources To Help Engage Parents Of Children With Special Needs.
“19 Proven Tips for Getting Parents Involved at School”
19 Proven Tips for Getting Parents Involved at School is a useful slideshow created by Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Sources Of Parent Engagement Advice For Teachers.
MAY 04
New Not-Very-Useful Survey Finds That Teachers Want More Parent Involvement
Education Week reports on a new survey that finds most teachers want more involvement from the parents of their students (see Survey: Most Teachers Want Involved Parents But Don’t Have Them). Unfortunately, it didn’t really define what “parent involvement” was and it doesn’t appear they broke down the responses by income-level of the schools where the teachers worked. Which leads me to put this in
“Nonprofit and for-profit partners help Cincinnati transform its failing schools”
Nonprofit and for-profit partners help Cincinnati transform its failing schools is from Ed Source, and provides an excellent overview of the efforts to create community schools in that city. As usual, though, I wish “parents” would have also been in the mix. I’m still adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Community Schools.
“Family Engagement Is Much More Than Volunteering at School”
I’ve previously posted about the recent National Family Engagement Conference. Ed Central has just published another nice report about it, Family Engagement Is Much More Than Volunteering at School. It’s worth checking-out.