Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Education Week: #Parents Involvement

Education Week: Parent Involvement

PARENT INVOLVEMENT

The latest news on parent involvement in education, including archives and commentary.

Ben Austin, the executive director of Parent Revolution, which supported a controversial charter petition in Compton, Calif., hugs parent Patricia Quintero, last year. —Al Seib/Los Angeles Times/AP-File

Spotlight on Parent Involvement


Research indicates that students benefit when their parents are engaged in their learning and schools. This Spotlight explores how to encourage meaningful home-school connections.

K-12, PARENTS, AND THE PUBLIC BLOG

12/08 06:53 pm | Education Engagement: Parting Thoughts| While staffing a table at a "family empowerment" fair at my son's school last month, I thought: These are the rewards and limitations of parent and community engagement in ...

TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SOURCEBOOK

The Teacher PD Sourcebook is designed to equip teachers with the information they need to guide their own professional development.
Family and Parents

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Experts says the growth in parent engagement may lead to academic payoffs for children.
August 19, 2011 - Education Week
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The law does away with a requirement that the superintendent visit each homeschool home every year, among other things.
August 17, 2011 - McClatchy-Tribune
The Annie E. Casey Foundation found 14.7 million children, 20 percent, lived in low-income homes in 2009, a 2.5 million increase from 2000.
August 17, 2011 - AP
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With its grassroots parent-mentor program, Chicago's Logan Square Neighborhood Association is empowering immigrant parents and engaging them in their children's schooling.
August 15, 2011 - Education Week
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The so-called course or lab fees can range from $10 or $20 to more than $100 per class, depending on the school, records show, adding to the rising cost of a public school education in the Chicago region.
August 8, 2011 - McClatchy-Tribune
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Gender stereotypes can stifle children cognitively and emotionally, but raising a gender-neutral child is not the answer, write Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett.
August 5, 2011 - Education Week
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With a growing number of school-age children living with their grandparents, grandparents are seeking a more prominent role in schools.
August 3, 2011 - Education Week
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On Wednesday, a group of Bridgeport parents asked a Superior Court judge to halt the replacement of the city's school board by state officials.
July 14, 2011 - McClatchy-Tribune
Organizers of the Washington march say U.S. policymakers are moving in the wrong direction to bring about school improvement.
June 14, 2011 - Education Week
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The concept proves intriguing, but logistics and opposition lead many state lawmakers to move slowly.
June 14, 2011 - Education Week
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