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The CLLIP literacy initiative is closely aligned with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, established so that No Child is Left Behind. This initiative includes a strong research component to assess results and establish accountability, works closely and collaboratively with all stakeholders in local districts, and includes a proven parent component (Jordan, Snow & Porche, 2000). The foundation of the CLLIP is an extensive teacher training program grounded in theoretical (Snow, 1991) and empirical work (Beals, 1993; Snow, Tabors and Dickinson, 2001) that emphasizes the primacy of language development as a critical foundation of early literacy and school success. |
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The
new Parents and Schools blog will also feature insights of
other experts who will share their thoughts and opinions. Offering
as many as two new articles per week on important parent involvement
topics, upcoming blog articles will discuss: “Breaking down
the barriers to parent involvement?” “What’s wrong
with this picture?” “What success secrets do these people
know?” “Parent involvement and at risk students?”
“A few bad apple parents?” “The single greatest
issue in education,” and many more. Readers can view the blogs
at www.parent-institute.com/blog.
The Parent Institute is education’s #1 source for family involvement information providing research-based products from an experienced team of professional writers, editors and education experts. Founded in 1989, the Institute publishes 28 national parenting newsletters and over 200 booklets, brochures and videos in English and Spanish, which schools give to parents to help their children succeed. For more information, visit The Parent Institute website. |
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Strategy
Briefs are lessons from the field: the policies, strategies and programs
that people are using to make meaningful connections that make a real
difference for students. To view, go to: http://www.sedl.org/connections/research-briefs.html |
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GUIDE TO ONLINE RESOURCES ON FAMILY INVOLVEMENT A new guide from the Harvard Family Research Project contains information about what national organizations are currently doing in family involvement and home-school partnerships. http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/guide/ |
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Description:
In this article, "Why Should I Worry About Schools My Children
Won't Attend," the author Arthur Levine argues that educational
inequity is the greates challenge facing education today and a powerful
threat to our country. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=5150 |
| The KPIRC has
supported several IHE's through mini-grants to faculty to integrate parent involvement into teacher education curriculum. In this video you will learn about the KPIRC and how Marilyn Kaff at Kansas State University has integrated parent involvement into a course for middle and high school students. http://kanedlive.org/archives_view.php?event=305&size=small |
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The Harvard Family Iinvolvement Network of Educators partnered with
the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory to host a symposium
on family, school, and community connection. This is a slide presentation
by Arnold Fege, Director of Public Engagement and Advocacy on high
school parent involvement. http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/content/projects/fine /resources/conference/connections_voices_slides.pdf |
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Preparing Teachers
To Work with Parents. ERIC Digest. http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/teaching_techniques/work_with_parents.html |
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This
site lists many organizations (of which most, if not all receive federal
funding) that provide information on working with diversity and general
information on parent, school, community partnerships. www.knowledgeloom.org |
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This
page talks about the principles of involving parents/families in math-related
activities to help children succeed mathematically in school. It shares
Family Math and other math-related resources that educators can purchase
and use in the classroom and with parents. www.lhs.berkeley.edu/equals/FMnetwork.htm |
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This
is an excellent site that has math-related resources and activities
that parents can do with their children to help ensure student mathematics
success. This site also shows educators how they can design parent
workshops focused on math to help their children at home. www.figurethis.org |
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This
site provides useful information on how to communicate and work more
effectively with parents of English Limited Language students and
was developed by the Region VII Comprehensive Center. www.helpforschools.com/ELLKBase/practitionerstips/LEP_Parent_Involvement.shtml |
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This site contains
useful information from the National Education Association on ways
to encourage and promote parent involvement. It also contains valuable
resources to download regarding parent teacher conferences and how
parents can help students succeed in school. http://www.nea.org/parents/ |
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Joyce Epstein
at Johns Hopkins University has developed six standards for parent,
school, and community involvement that form how parent involvement
is conceptualized in the NCLB legislation. This site defines each
of these and lists other resources you will find useful to implement
these standards. www.edletter.org/past/issues/1997-so/sixtypes.shtml |
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This site offers
valuable information from the ERIC Clearninghouse on reading information
that families can use to promote children's reading success.
http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eeric_rec/www/indexfr.html |
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This links to
a page from the Children, Youth, and Families Education and Research
Network that has many useful resources for schools and families. www.twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu/cyfdb/browse_2.php?search=Parent/Family |
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The National
PTA site has many useful resources for parents and educators alike.
You'll find many documents written in Spanish, as well as Chinese,
Cambodian, Korean, and Vietnamese. www.pta.org/parentinvolvement/standards/pfichallenge.asp#Teacher |
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This
site links you to the National Center for Family & Community Connections
with Schools at the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory,
where you find a report co-authored by Anne Henderson and Karen Mapp
that presents the most current research on the value and benefit of
parent involvement in their children’s learning. The middle
section on recommendations lists ten very useful suggestions to consider
for parent involvement. www.sedl.org/pubs/catalog/items/fam33.html |
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The Family Involvement
Network of Educators (FINE) a Harvard Family Research Project serves
as a hub of resources for family engagement in children's education.
FINE believes that engaging families and communities in education
is essential to achieve high-performing schools and successful students. www.finenetwork.org This site includes a bibliography (January to August 2003) of journal articles, books, and dissertations related to research in educational family involvement. www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/bibliography/family-involvement-2003.html Here you will find the latest research and practical information to help strengthen your family-school-community partnerships. www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/fineresources.html Teacher Partnerships: Creating Essential Connections for Children’s Reading and Learning By Sandy Christenson, University of Minnesota http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/content/projects/fine/resources/materials/parent-teacher_module.pdf |
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Information
that future teachers should know about how to communicate and work
effectively with parents. www.nspra.org/ |