This book explores the many ways teachers can communicate successfully with parents about their children's math education. Discussing newsletters, back-to-school-night presentations, homework, and parent conferences, the book tackles issues of how to bridge the gap between home and school. The practical approach is presented in detail with…

Provides evidence that parent participation in a parent training group contributed to their children's higher self-concept scores compared to the scores of children whose parents had not yet attended the parent training sessions. (RL)

All parents and all parochial schools and religious education centers must join forces to design, implement and evaluate a partnership schema that will give each child an ongoing in-class and in-home demonstration that he is truly loved. (Author/RK)

Determines possible relationships between parental recall of a child's postassessment conference with background variables (e.g., socioeconomic status). Also collected parent's/psychologist's postassessment conference ratings of persuasiveness and satisfaction. Parents' recall of postassessment was unrelated to child or parental background…

In this article, the authors present parent-educator conversations, which were selected to illustrate common communication patterns and provide links to some of the Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children's recommended practices for communicating and collaborating with parents. Using conversation analysis, researchers…

Parents of today's college students bring unique experiences to the academic journey. They support extended parenting into the college years, demonstrate commitment and knowledge as prevention specialists with regards to their son or daughter's safety, and value the opportunity for partnerships to be developed with the institution of their child's…

THIS REPORT IS A DOCUMENTATION OF THE EFFORTS OF THE STAFF OF THE ASPEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ASPEN, COLORADO, TO INDIVIDUALIZE THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM IN GRADES K-6. INVOLVED IN THIS WERE APPROXIMATELY 450 STUDENTS AND A STAFF OF 13 TEACHERS. THE INDIVIDUALIZATION OF INSTRUCTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE MODIFICATION OF THE TEACHING-LEARNING…

Findings of fact and conclusions of law that constitute many but by no means all of the factual and legal under pinnings of the court's student desegregation plan and related remedial orders are described. Numerous findings descriptive of the Boston public school system, its facilities, student body, curriculum, administration and the like, are…

Presents six workshop sessions on parent conferences: (1) "Parents' Perspectives on Conferencing" (R. Duffy); (2) "Three Way Conferences" (G. Zeller); (3) "Conferencing with Parents of Infants" (K. Albrecht); (4) "Conferencing with Parents of School-Agers" (L. G. Miller); (5) "Cross Cultural Conferences" (J. Gonzalez-Mena); and (6) "Working with…

Most parent involvement programs are based on one of two implicit models: the parent education model, in which parents are offered lectures and information about children's learning and development, and the parent support or parent empowerment model, which recognizes that parents have specialized knowledge of their children and assumes that if…

THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF THREE PROJECTS WAS DESIGNED TO STUDY THE RESPONSES OF CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS IN AN EFFORT TO FORMULATE AN EXPERIMENTAL GUIDANCE PROGRAM. A GROUP OF 111 NINTH-GRADE STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN LOW-RENT DISTRICTS WAS STUDIED. IN ADDITION TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE STUDENTS, SCHOOL RECORDS, APTITUDE TESTS, AND PREFERENCE TESTS, THE…

This document reports a 2-year project designed to (1) establish four model English as a Second Language (ESL) demonstration centers (kindergarten through grade 12); (2) demonstrate ways to equip Mexican-American pupils with the four English language skills: listening, comprehending, speaking, reading and writing; (3) acquaint teachers and staff…

In an address to local, state, regional, and national groups involved with child care, characteristics of some of the programs are explained in an effort to develop a broad based national coalition for a system of universally available child care. Head Start, Title IV-A of the Social Security Act (amended) day care, and church-related day care…

Parent participation in educational decision making is not a neural concept. When successful it can bring more effective decisions, a satisfied supportive public, and a stronger democracy. When it fails, it can leave in its wake a dissatisfied public. This research project involved observations of committee meetings and interviews with six parent…

Describes a series of seminars and observations designed to assist middle school teachers in developing effective classroom management strategies and skills for communicating with parents. Describes the format and consultation techniques used in the program. (RC)