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Our Children, 2002
These handouts describe: Working Together for Safer Communities (a PTA program to provide parents with ideas and resources for talking to their children about potential risks, avoiding danger, and responding to threat); tips for parents on helping children be safe; and the Our Children Newsletter, which contains excerpts from the October 2002 Our…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Skills
Kuersten, Joan – Our Children, 2002
Discusses what school professionals, parents, and PTAs can do to help middle and high school students comprehend and think critically about what they read, as well as encourage them to read outside of school. For example, teachers can create cooperative groups to study portions of text, parents can model reading at home, and PTAs can organize book…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, High School Students, Middle School Students, Parent Role
