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May 1998 | Volume 55 | Number 8
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Marge Scherer
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When families live unmoored from their community, children more than ever need significant adults to anchor them.
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June Cavarretta
A school volunteer makes a case for more substantive participation for parents.
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Thomas Hatch
From better safety to more funding, unexpected benefits—including higher performance—resulted when schools engaged the community.
Jeremy D. Finn
The most promising practice for boosting school performance is help at home rather than parental participation at school, this research says.
Ron Brandt and Erik Robelen
When educators are out of touch with parents, remedies hinge on authenticity and listening.
Steven Jay Gross
How Verona, Wisconsin, weathered the turbulence that resulted when the community split over learning goals.
Ron Lewis and John Morris
A program that promotes partnerships can invite resources into your school.
Dorothy Rich
Report cards for teachers shed light on what parents think about their schools.
Charlene C. Giannetti and Margaret M. Sagarese
Ten tactics to transform disinterested parents into partners.
Patricia Sullivan
The PTA describes the hallmarks of effective parent engagement.
Becki Cohn-Vargas and Kim Grose
With 1,400 students representing 12 ethnic groups, this Oakland, California, school focused on parents' uppermost concern—reading.
Joan Montgomery Halford
Senior citizens are a crucial—and largely untapped—resource for school systems.
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John Smith
When older citizens read to kids at school, they become advocates for children.
Scott Thompson
A public relations campaign and active participation differ as a canned speech does from a conversation.
Anna K. Hickcox
A school-to-work program in Hawaii helps young people rediscover their roots.
James M. Wolf
Counting the number of books their students read each week was disheartening until the school adopted Operation Just Read.
Tim Whiteford
Vermont workshops explain to parents the changing language of mathematics.
William Belsey
A community steeped in Inuit tradition, but wired to the world.
Troy Kathleen Corley
Citizens in this coal-mining town have enriched their lives with up-to-speed technology.
Albert P. DuPont
Vendors, students, parents, and technology specialists gathered to learn something new.
Brian A. Bottge and Lynne Osterman
The Relevance Counts Institute grounds teachers in business practices.
Rhonda Taylor Richards
Workers learn to read and write for their families in this adult literacy program.
James R. Delisle
Steve Rose
Andrew S. Latham
Carolyn R. Pool
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