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

Making contact with parents before their children become involved with discipline problems can serve to prevent and diffuse classroom misbehavior. Focusing an open house on the theme of classroom discipline is suggested. (JMF)

An examination of parent-teacher cooperation in special education, the article reviews relevant values and attitudes of the teacher, describes specific conferencing skills, and considers factors involved in parent education programs. (CL)

Several suggested activities from the National Parent Teacher Association are suggested for involving parents in education. Categories discussed include: parents as participants in their children's education; parents as school volunteers and supporters; and parents as participants in decision making. (CB)

Individualized Education Program meetings can improve the parent-professional partnership by careful consideration of such factors as meeting location, comfortable waiting areas, group process clarification, opportunities for parent input, telephone follow-up, and development of support groups. (CL)

Notes that most parents, eventhose who are college educated, do not know how to teach reading nor how to help their children. Discusses possible methods of informing parents. (RW)

Summarizes ERIC documents offering suggestions for ways to conduct effective parent-teacher conferences. (FL)

To insure that parents were aware of faculty other than those teaching their children, teachers at St. Monica School prepared small group presentations for the Home and School Meeting on professional topics such as the teaching of reading and the parent's role in education. (SJL)

The development of interdisciplinary teaching teams offers the counselor increasing opportunities to benefit larger numbers of students than usually appear in the guidance office. The counselor also gains more opportunities for inservice teacher education and for facilitating parent-teacher conferences. A format for this last function is outlined.…

Describes a parent program at Dryden Middle School in New York in which parents attend school for the entire day with their children. Includes information on parent orientation, structure of the visit, and students' reactions to parental visitation. Notes the importance of publicity, preparation, organization, and follow-up activities for program…

Presents five vignettes (student-student, parent-child, teacher-student, teacher-student-parents, and whole class conference) designed to illustrate the diversity of learning interactions possible in both the school and home environments. Notes that each interaction provides insightful glimpses into the educational process as well as suggesting…

Parents in Touch, the umbrella program for parent involvement in the Indianapolis (Indiana) Public Schools, was established to facilitate the kind of two-way communication that enables parents to become partners in their children's education. The program uses various approaches, including parent/teacher conferences, a dial-a-teacher assistance…

According to a Pittsburgh study, all families, regardless of socioeconomic status, have similar preferences concerning the nature and conduct of school communications. Parents view a "professional," businesslike manner as undesirable, whereas a personal touch (or timely information presented informally) is most likely to win parents'…

At a Calgary, Alberta, elementary school, students were included in the March parent teacher report conferences. The practice generated overall positive feelings concerning benefits for students' learning experiences. Parents gained valuable insights into the teacher-child relationship. Recommendations for adopting this practice in other schools…