Suggests six activities teachers should undertake in order to have successful conferences with parents concerning their child's reading performance. Offers ideas that teachers can share with parents who want to help children improve reading. (FL)

Focuses on services, information, and practices which directly affect child rearing and provides guiding principles which can be used by those who work with parents. (MP)

Suggests ways day care teachers can seek out and get help for the center from parents. (CM)

The article outlines guides for a teacher to use in preparing for and conducting a successful conference with parents of pupils. (JD)

Although high schools routinely invite parents to attend informational meetings and conferences, few welcome them as active participants in extended, engaging activities. This article profiles four parent-partnership initiatives in southern California; Gwinnett County, Georgia; Vermont; and Dallas, Texas. Sharing perspectives, not power, was…

Visits, calls, letters, and "Saturday school" help parent and teacher to talk, work, and learn together. (Editor)

The key to building good school public relations is good communication, i.e., the quality of the personal contacts between teachers, who are employees, and the parents of students, who are employers. Here are suggestions for helping teachers get their message across to parents and for evaluating their progress or PR rating. (Author/RK)

Reviews research about the stepfamily, stepfathers, stepmothers, and stepchildren; discusses complexities of blended families; and points out how teachers can effectively support stepchildren experiencing family-related stress, work with parents from blended families, and coordinate intervention with counselors. (RH)

Presents seven basic strategies for increasing parent involvement in schools, particularly low-income urban schools. Suggests that a teacher coordinator (TC) is the best strategy and outlines the functions, responsibilities, and major liaisons of a TC. (CJM)

Nineteen educators offer public relations techniques and suggestions to beginning English teachers about public relations. (RL)

Discusses the importance and applications of problem-solving skills, especially at the preschool and early childhood levels of education. (BB)

Provides advice for teachers on how to conduct open houses and visitor days in their classrooms and how to help their students prepare for such events. Maintains that visitor days are best held in October, December, March, and June, at the culmination of a theme cycle of instruction. (MDM)

Parents and teachers who are informed about epilepsy can avoid unpleasant classroom situations. A brief explanation of epilepsy is followed by information on what to do in case a seizure occurs at school. The best policy is for parents to forewarn the school and create an appropriate plan. (SM)

States that children need proper guidance and boundaries to reap the benefits of the Internet. Focuses on two issues: how parents can protect their children from the Internet's potential dangers and how they can help their children use the Internet to get work done. Includes suggestions for teachers to help parents meet these challenges. (VWC)