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Essential Reads
» Developing the Fully Engaged Parent by Marilyn Price-Mitchell & Sue Grijalva
» How Do You Know if You're Really Open to Partnership Anne Henderson & Karen Mapp
» Parent Engagement in Education: Drama or Empowerment? David Womeldorff
» Engage Every Parent: Identifying Goals for Parent Engagement Nancy Tellett-Royce & Susan Wootten
Featured Books
We have the only bookstore on the web that highlights the field of family engagement! Check out our current Editor’s Picks and browse books on 1) Engaging Parents, 2) Building Partnerships, and 3) Leading Culture Change in Schools. Order from our site to support our mission!
We have the only bookstore on the web that highlights the field of family engagement! Check out our current Editor’s Picks and browse books on 1) Engaging Parents, 2) Building Partnerships, and 3) Leading Culture Change in Schools. Order from our site to support our mission!
Consultant Directory
Looking for consultants, parent educators, trainers, organization development specialists, parent coaches, or speakers who work in the field of family engagement? Check out our Consultant Directory or submit a free listing!
Looking for consultants, parent educators, trainers, organization development specialists, parent coaches, or speakers who work in the field of family engagement? Check out our Consultant Directory or submit a free listing!
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Latest Articles:
| How to Revitalize Your School-Parent Compact | |
| By Marilyn Price-Mitchell, Ph.D. on May 15, 2012 | |
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Does your school have a School-Parent Compact? Is it old and dog-eared -- filed away for no one to see? With the help of the Connecticut Department of Education, your school can revitalize your compact into a meaningful collaborative tool for family engagement! Read more... |
| This Week's #PTchat: Summer Reading Programs for K-12 Students | |
| By Joe Mazza on May 14, 2012 | |
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It's getting closer to June, which means summer vacation for many students will be here before we know it. Some schools require summer reading lists to be completed and others do not. Elementary schools and secondary schools oftentimes look very different in terms of the expectations for summer reading. Read more... |
| Empowering Children to Realize Their Potential for Good | |
| By Connie K. Grier, M.Ed. on May 11, 2012 | |
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Student learning takes place both inside of the classroom and out. Here's a valuable lesson that can positively impact both academic and social growth for students. Read more... |
| Teaching to the Test is not Education | |
| By Josette Luvmour, PhD on May 8, 2012 | |
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A child’s relationship with learning has nothing to do with testing. Teaching to the test is not education and actually reduces a student’s love for learning. Standardized testing does not even give us a good reading on a student’s learning or an educator’s effectiveness. Read more... |
| This Week's #PTChat: Crafting the Partnership | |
| By Joe Mazza on May 7, 2012 | |
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What do parents look for in their child's teachers? As a parent, if you could stress the importance of one thing to support a new teacher, what would it be? Crafting the "partnership" is the focus of this week’s combined #PTchat / #NTchat on Twitter. Read more... |
| Resisting Raising Children Who Feel Entitled | |
| By Jan Faull, M.Ed. [Guest Article] on May 5, 2012 | |
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It's easy to see how children can begin to feel entitled. Parents know it's not in their children's best interest to indulge their every whim. They want to change their ways but realize that they've dug themselves into a parenting hole and don't know how to get out of it. What are some solutions? Read more... |
| This Week's #PTChat: Middle & High School Family Engagement Strategies | |
| By Joe Mazza on April 30, 2012 | |
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This week's 5/2 Parent-Teacher Chat (#PTchat) on Twitter. According to the Family Engagement for High School Success Toolkit provided by the Harvard Family Research Project and the United Way, family engagement tends to drop off as teens enter high school because families are intimidated by the high school environment and feel less confident about supporting their teen’s academic progress at that level. Read more... |
| 9 Myths About Tutoring & Learning Outside the Classroom | |
| By Iris Yuan [Guest Article] on April 28, 2012 | |
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If your child is falling behind on schoolwork, who do you turn to for help? It may seem like the process of finding a tutor outside the classroom is messy, expensive, and just not worth the effort. You might not even know where to start. However, the one-on-one attention may be exactly what your child needs, and finding a qualified and reasonably-priced tutor is not as difficult as you think. Read more... |
| Talk to your Kids About Underage Drinking! They're Listening! | |
| By Tyler Allen [Guest Article] on April 26, 2012 | |
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After more than two decades of fighting drunk driving and underage drinking, The Century Council celebrates Alcohol Awareness Month with some motivating new statistics. While their Ask, Listen, Learn program travels to schools across the country encouraging kids to “say ’Yes’ to a healthy lifestyle, and ‘No’ to underage drinking,” they also continue to embolden parents to take the lead in talking to their kids about underage drinking at an early age. Read more... |
| Want Cooperative Children? Treat Them As If They Are | |
| By Rick Ackerly, Ed.M. on April 24, 2012 | |
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By underestimating children's natural inclination for empathy and altruism, adults end up teaching selfishness rather than expanding their repertoire of social skills. Read more... |
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