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Dreas-Shaikha, Maryann J. – Online Submission, 2018
There is a serious need to reconsider the adult-led, grade-centered parent teacher meetings which are standard school practice. Schools and students would benefit from elevating PTMs with student voice and formative assessment that celebrates students' efforts and motivates them to continue learning. Under a reinvented framework for meetings,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Student Empowerment, Meetings
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Merlin, Julia – National Center for Education Statistics, 2021
This Data Point examines parent and/or guardian involvement in various school-based engagement opportunities before the coronavirus pandemic. This information was reported by U.S. public school principals on the principal survey of the 2017-18 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS). The NTPS is a sample survey of public and private K-12…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
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Protacio, Maria Selena; Piazza, Susan V.; David, Virginia – Middle School Journal, 2021
At the middle school level, active family engagement is difficult enough with native English speaking families but even more so with parents of English learners (ELs). Using a funds of knowledge approach in this article, we position families as knowledgeable participants with strengths who contribute significantly to their adolescent's academic…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Family Involvement, Family School Relationship, Parent Participation
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Amiot, Michelle N.; Mayer-Glenn, Jennifer; Parker, Laurence – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2020
Critical race theory (CRT) in education has been used to expose and analyze racism in K-12 schooling and higher education. However, the theory has been underutilized as an inventory lens applied to school leadership practice. Our paper takes on this inquiry by highlighting the work done by an administrative leadership team at a majority racially…
Descriptors: Race, Critical Theory, Racial Bias, Elementary Secondary Education
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Boakye, Cecilia; Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey – SAGE Open, 2017
We explored the challenges that five newly qualified teachers (NQTs) faced in the teaching and learning situation and how they addressed their challenges. The teachers taught integrated science at the Junior High School (JHS; ages 12-15 years). Data were collected through observation, interview, and content analysis. We used the inductive and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Science Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Junior High Schools
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Kim, Soyoung; Chin, Meejung – Journal of Educational Research, 2016
The authors explored different factors that were associated with mothers' and fathers' choice between two forms of parent-school communication: school briefing sessions and parent-teacher conferences. A total of 585 parents--295 mothers and 290 fathers from different households--who had at least one child enrolled in middle school in Korea were…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Parent School Relationship, Middle School Students, Mothers