All My Ed Week Posts On Parent Engagement In One Place!
Q & A Collections: Parent Engagement In Schools is my latest post at Education Week Teacher. It brings together all my Ed Week posts related to parent engagement from the past three years. Here’s an excerpt: I’m adding it to My Best Posts, Articles & Interviews On Parent Engagement.
Odd Question: Are Parents “Assets Or Liabilities”?
John Merrow, who produces education-related segments for the PBS News Hour, recently published a post about parent engagement titled Assets or Liabilities? Though certainly there are teachers who are not very positive about working with parents, my suspicion is that they are in the distinct minority. Merrow appears to think otherwise. His post is a prelude of sorts to a segment about a parent invo
“Engaging Immigrant Parents with Improved Systems of Interpretation & Translation”
Engaging Immigrant Parents with Improved Systems of Interpretation & Translation is a useful short explanation of how and why one school district makes it a priority to offer several different types of translation services available. The article includes research references and links for more details on how the system operates. Thanks to Edublogs for the tip!
“Talking to parents in 140 characters: how are schools using social media?”
Talking to parents in 140 characters: how are schools using social media? is a useful article in the British newspaper, The Guardian. I’m adding it to A Beginning List Of The Best Resources On Using Technology To Help Engage Parents.
“Teacher Repents for Going ‘Ghetto’ on a Parent”
Teacher Repents for Going ‘Ghetto’ on a Parent is post by Marilyn Rhames over at Ed Week. It’s a reminder that all of us, including teachers, are just human….
Parent Engagement Leader Elected Vice-President Of American Federation Of Teachers
Mary Cathryn Ricker, president of St. Paul’s teachers union, has just been elected executive vice-president of the American Federation of Teacher. Mary has been a leader in the St. Paul’s union parent engagement efforts, which have extraordinarily effective and which are national models. I’ve written a lot about their successes.
New Report: “The Strengths of Latina Mothers in Supporting Their Children’s Education: A Cultural Perspective”
The Strengths of Latina Mothers in Supporting Their Children’s Education: A Cultural Perspective is a new report from the Child Trends Hispanic Institute. I’m adding it to “The Best Research Available On Parent Engagement.” Thanks to Colorin Colorado for the tip.
PBS Report: “Coaching parents on toddler talk to address low-income word gap”
“Coaching parents on toddler talk to address low-income word gap” is a pretty interesting report from the PBS News Hour. I’ve embedded the video below, and you can see the transcript here. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About The “Word Gap.”
“Learning Walks…More Than a Tour of the School”
Learning Walks…More Than a Tour of the School is the title of a post at Edutopia by Gwen Pescatore, where she offers an idea for parent involvement called “Learning Walks.” Here’s an excerpt: What is a Learning Walk? It is an invitation to parents to come to the school for a set period of time (an hour or two), to go on a guided tour of the school/classrooms during the school day. Not to look at t
“Do these caring parents deserve to go to prison?” — Another Article About Ridiculous UK Parent Punishment Policy
I’ve written a fair amount about the ridiculous use of fines and threatening jail against parents in Britain who take their kids out of school for short vacations. The Telegraph has just published another article on the policy that’s worth checking out: Do these caring parents deserve to go to prison?