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Parents' Resistance to Standardized Testing in a Highly Centralized System: The Emergence of an Opt-Out Movement in Israel
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Sabag, Noy; Feniger, Yariv – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2022
This paper discusses the emergence of an opt-out movement in Israel led by parent associations at local and national levels. The protest targeted the use of a national standardized test, the Meitzav. Analyzing media coverage of this movement and informed by the theoretical arguments of the Advocacy Coalition Framework, the study suggests that by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Resistance (Psychology), Standardized Tests
Advocacy and Surveillance: Primary Schools Teachers' Relationships with Asylum-Seeking Mothers in Ireland
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Martin, Shirley; Horgan, Deirdre; O'Riordan, Jacqui; Christie, Alastair – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2018
The article analyses the findings of a small-scale qualitative study in Ireland that examines interactions between asylum-seeking mothers and primary school teachers, and highlights the significance of teachers' understandings of asylum in shaping home-school communications. Mothers and children in this study were living in Direct Provision,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Elementary School Teachers, Refugees, Mothers
The Power of the Collective: How a Black Parent Group's Initiative Shaped Children's Educational Experiences and Excellence
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Rall, Raquel M.; Holman, Alea R. – School Community Journal, 2021
The authors investigated cultural resourcefulness among seven Black middle-class families who proactively collaborated to ensure their children's academic excellence in a highly racialized suburban community in southern California. Their children achieved high grades and successfully entered and completed higher education at elite U.S.…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Attitudes, Parent Influence, African American Attitudes
Empowerment Status of Families Whose Children Have Serious Emotional Disturbance and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
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Singh, Nirbhay N.; Curtis, W. John; Ellis, Cynthia R.; Wechsler, Hollis A.; Best, Al M.; Cohen, Robert – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1997
The Family Empowerment Scale was completed by 161 families of children with serious emotional disturbance (SED) or SED along with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Results indicated that membership in a parent support group was a strong predictor of family empowerment, particularly of the systems advocacy and knowledge dimensions of…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Attention Deficit Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Hyperactivity
Family Connections Research & Demonstration Project. Final Report.
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Koroloff, Nancy M.; Elliott, Debra J.; Koren, Paul E.; Friesen, Barbara J. – 1996
This final report discusses the outcomes of the Family Connections Research and Demonstration Project, a project funded by the Oregon Center for Mental Health Services to study the effectiveness of an intervention designed to address the major problems related to services initiation and continuance within the children's mental health system. The…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Children, Emotional Disturbances, Family Needs
The Power of Community: Mobilizing for Family and Schooling. Immigration and the Transnational Experience.
Delgado-Gaitan, Concha – 2001
This book presents an ethnography of community efforts in Carpinteria, California, to bridge ethnic differences, empower parents, and improve education for the town's diverse student population. Located on the central California coast south of Santa Barbara, Carpinteria has been home to generations of Mexican immigrants and their children. Over…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Bilingual Education, Community Action, Elementary Secondary Education