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Examining Whiteness as an Obstacle to Positively Approaching Immigrant Families in US Early Childhood Educational Settings
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Adair, Jennifer Keys – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2014
This article examines whiteness at the intersection of immigration and early childhood education as it was made visible during interviews with 50 preschool teachers in five US cities as part of the Children Crossing Borders (CCB) study. Findings show whiteness acting not only as a construct of privilege but also as an idea that manifests itself in…
Descriptors: Whites, Immigration, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers
Increasing Parent and Community Involvement in Schools: The Importance of Educators' Beliefs.
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Storer, John H. – Community Education Journal, 1995
Eleven focus groups with teachers and administrators in rural Iowa revealed that educators perceive many parents as uninterested, unable, or unwilling to be involved in schools and having unrealistic expectations of the school's role. They believe the door is open for parental involvement and perceive a relationship between parent participation…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Enrolled Home Study Partners with Public Schools
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Lines, Patricia M. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2004
Home-based programs provide opportunities at a level far beyond what a traditional public school program can offer. To stem enrollment losses to homeschooling, or simply to help families interested in home-based option, public schools are enrolling children and sending them home, where they follow the school's curriculum under their parents'…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Home Study, Home Schooling, Parents as Teachers