“Federal Data-Privacy Guidelines Urge Better Communication With Parents”
Federal Data-Privacy Guidelines Urge Better Communication With Parents is a new post over at Education Week. Here’s how it begins: The tug-of-war over student data privacy continues. Friday, the U.S. Department of Education released new, non-binding guidance containing suggestions for schools and districts to better inform parents about how their children’s sensitive educational data is being used
“Raising Readers” Is A Scholastic Program For Teachers To Use With Spanish & English-Speaking Parents
Raising Readers is from Scholastic, and it has a lot of free materials — in both English and Spanish — to help promote activities parents can do with their children to encourage reading. To tell you the truth, I’m not sure exactly how useful they are, but it’s always nice to have some decent materials in a language other than English for parents. So, I’m adding it to The Best Multilingual Resource
“Clinton launches Talk, Read, Sing campaign”
Ed Source reports on a recent visit by Hillary Clinton to Oakland: Hillary Clinton spoke to a friendly crowd at Oakland’s UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital on Wednesday about her new campaign (no, not that one) to get parents to spend more time talking, singing and reading to their young children. “Brain research is showing us how important the first years of life are,” Clinton said, “and how much
Feds Open Civil Rights Investigation Into What’s Going On In Newark
I’ve published quite a few posts about the craziness that’s been going on in Newark schools — the misuse of Zukerberg’s millions in donations, their “Twilight Zonish” perspective on parent engagement, their banning of a parent leader from school grounds. Well, now the U.S. Department of Education has begun an investigation: The deeply flawed state school reorganization plan known as “One Newark” f
New Congressional Effort To Generate Funds For Community Schools
Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland and Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill. have announced they are introducing a Congressional bill that would generate funds to support the development of community schools. You can read more about it at: Bipartisan House Bill Would Boost Community Schools at Ed Week Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Expand Community Schools at the Coalition For Community Schools. I’m addin
Useful Parent Involvement Infographic
Here’s a visual representation of parent involvement researcher Joyce Epstein’s work: Epstein's 6 Types of Parent Involvement for Successful Partnerships—> RT @GaDOEParents: pic.twitter.com/xh1Wu0qk20 #ptcamp #ptchat — Joe Mazza (@Joe_Mazza) July 23, 2014 I’m adding it to The Best Infographics About Parent Involvement In Schools.
British Prohibition On Taking Kids Out Of School Reaches New Low: “Mother of terminally-ill boy fighting fine for taking son on ‘last holiday’”
I’ve posted a lot about the ridiculous British policy of fining parents if they take their kids on a trip while school is in session. The Telegraph reports on a new low in this article: Mother of terminally-ill boy fighting fine for taking son on ‘last holiday’ The headline says it all…