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May 1998 | Volume 55 | Number 8

Engaging Parents and the Community in Schools


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Perspectives / Let the Dialogue Begin

Marge Scherer

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The Shelter of Each Other: A Conversation with Mary Pipher

Marge Scherer

When families live unmoored from their community, children more than ever need significant adults to anchor them.

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Parents Are a School's Best Friend

June Cavarretta

A school volunteer makes a case for more substantive participation for parents.

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How Community Action Contributes to Achievement

Thomas Hatch

From better safety to more funding, unexpected benefits—including higher performance—resulted when schools engaged the community.

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Parental Engagement That Makes a Difference

Jeremy D. Finn

The most promising practice for boosting school performance is help at home rather than parental participation at school, this research says.

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Listen First

Ron Brandt and Erik Robelen

When educators are out of touch with parents, remedies hinge on authenticity and listening.

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Flying Through the Storm

Steven Jay Gross

How Verona, Wisconsin, weathered the turbulence that resulted when the community split over learning goals.

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Communities for Children

Ron Lewis and John Morris

A program that promotes partnerships can invite resources into your school.

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What Parents Want from Teachers

Dorothy Rich

Report cards for teachers shed light on what parents think about their schools.

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Turning Parents from Critics to Allies

Charlene C. Giannetti and Margaret M. Sagarese

Ten tactics to transform disinterested parents into partners.

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The PTA's National Standards

Patricia Sullivan

The PTA describes the hallmarks of effective parent engagement.

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A Partnership for Literacy

Becki Cohn-Vargas and Kim Grose

With 1,400 students representing 12 ethnic groups, this Oakland, California, school focused on parents' uppermost concern—reading.

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For Significant Support, Turn to Seniors

Joan Montgomery Halford

Senior citizens are a crucial—and largely untapped—resource for school systems.

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It Takes 100 Grandparents

John Smith

When older citizens read to kids at school, they become advocates for children.

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Moving from Publicity to Engagement

Scott Thompson

A public relations campaign and active participation differ as a canned speech does from a conversation.

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The Canoe Is Their Island

Anna K. Hickcox

A school-to-work program in Hawaii helps young people rediscover their roots.

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Just Read

James M. Wolf

Counting the number of books their students read each week was disheartening until the school adopted Operation Just Read.

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Math for Moms and Dads

Tim Whiteford

Vermont workshops explain to parents the changing language of mathematics.

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In Canada / Igalaaq: Window to the World

William Belsey

A community steeped in Inuit tradition, but wired to the world.

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Tapping into Technology in Rural Communities

Troy Kathleen Corley

Citizens in this coal-mining town have enriched their lives with up-to-speed technology.

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Technology Night

Albert P. DuPont

Vendors, students, parents, and technology specialists gathered to learn something new.

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Bringing the Workplace to the Classroom

Brian A. Bottge and Lynne Osterman

The Relevance Counts Institute grounds teachers in business practices.

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When Family Literacy Begins on the Job

Rhonda Taylor Richards

Workers learn to read and write for their families in this adult literacy program.

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Voices: The Teacher / Making Social Studies Social

James R. Delisle

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Voices: The Teacher / No Flowers for Algernon

Steve Rose

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Research Link / Home Schooling

Andrew S. Latham

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Web Wonders

Carolyn R. Pool

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