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» A Culture that Engages Every Family, Steven M. Constantino, Ed.D.
» How to Revitalize Your School-Parent Compact, Marilyn Price-Mitchell, Ph.D.
» How Do You Know if You're Really Open to Partnership, Anne Henderson & Karen Mapp
»PTA--Gateway to Engagement, Advocacy, and Access, Meryl Ain, Ed.D.
» The Power of Asking-Instead of Telling, Jody McVittie, M.D.
» Empathy in Action, Rick Ackerly, Ed.M.
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Welcome to ParentNet® Unplugged, where we invite frank conversations about family engagement in education. Browse, share, and participate in the dialogue! Together, we can build effective family-school-community partnerships that advance children's social, emotional, and intellectual learning and development.
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Waiver? What's a Waiver? |
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As the current administration has made clear the lack of progress on ESEA re-authorization has created a road-block to education innovation and reform. As a result states were given the option to "opt-out" of current NCLB requirements (some of which mandated that every student be proficient in math and reading by 2014) and create their own measures of student college/career readiness/success. No pressure, right? Read more... |
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