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Parent-Community Involvement in School Governance and Its Effects on Teacher Effectiveness and Improvement of Learner Performance: A Study of Selected Primary and Secondary Schools in Botswana
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Boaduo, Nana Adu-Pipim; Milondzo, K. S.; Adjei, Alex – Educational Research and Reviews, 2009
This study surveyed 45 selected primary and secondary schools in Botswana which aimed to identify how parent and community involvement in the governance of schools affect teacher effectiveness and improvement of learner performance. The study started from January 2005 to December 2006. Literature review, administration of questionnaires, interview…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Community Involvement, Governance
25 Tips to Help Your Child Get a Jump on Fall.
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Scarnati, James T.; Scarnati, Catherine – PTA Today, 1993
Presents actions that parents can take to help children prepare to return to school after summer vacation. Ideas highlight reading, writing, vocabulary, computers, family night, television, video games, communicating, music, study habits, encouragement, decision making, behavior, setting limits, modeling, grooming, nagging, toys, equality, school…
Descriptors: Child Development, Elementary Education, Family Involvement, Parent Child Relationship
Two Things You Can Do Right Now to Help Your Kids Do Better in School.
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Rich, Dorothy – PTA Today, 1993
Presents activities for parents to help their children achieve in school. The first activity involves having children create a comfortably furnished space of their own at home for studying. The second involves teaching children to better manage large home and school projects by working through necessary steps. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Family Involvement, Family Life
A Parent's Guide to Class Size Reduction.
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Hood, Art – 2003
Reducing the number of students in a class, especially in the early grades, is one approach educators have taken to improve student achievement. Class-size reduction programs have been implemented at the state, district, and individual school levels. This pamphlet defines class-size reduction, provides an overview of class-size reduction research,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Educational Change
Home Is for Helping.
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. – 1980
This booklet for parents offers ideas for utilizing everyday situations in the home to help children improve in school, primarily in reading and mathematics skills. General suggestions are given for helping children to do their best by talking to them, reading to them, listening to them, praising them, watching television with them, keeping them…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Guidelines, Home Study
How To Help Your Child with Homework: Every Caring Parent's Guide to Encouraging Good Study Habits and Ending the Homework Wars (For Parents of Children Ages 6-13). Revised and Updated.
Radencich, Marguerite C.; Schumm, Jeanne Shay – 1997
Noting that parent involvement in their children's schooling is a key to academic success, this book provides techniques and strategies for parents to help them assist their children with homework completion without conflict. Chapter 1, "Getting Started," includes guidance on who should help with homework and how to set a homework…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Assignments, Elementary Education, Homework