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Download full textWalker, Karen – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2007
According to the 2000 census, high school dropouts had a 52% employment rate, compared to 71% for high school graduates and 83% for college graduates. According to NCSE, the national dropout rate is 30% of which 80% had been chronically absent from school ("School attendance tracking: Challenges and effective practices"), which puts the…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropouts, Recognition (Achievement), Incentives
1997
This videotape generates enthusiasm by showing participants an overview of the goals and benefits of the Parents Sharing Books Program. It features parents, teachers, and principals who are involved in book-sharing programs in their schools. By watching the videotape, parents will see book-sharing strategies and motivational techniques and hear…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Family Literacy, Parent Participation, Parent Role
Garcia, Delia C. – 1990
The Children and Parents Interacting program is a federally funded Title VII project designed to create and promote greater Hispanic parent involvement in the educational system. The program represents a joint effort of Monroe and Dade County Public Schools and Florida International University's Center for Latino Education. The major thrust of the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Hispanic Americans, Learning Activities
Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD. Office of Instruction and Program Development. – 1990
The purpose of this manual, which accompanies a video program, is to provide general background information for foreign language teachers who are, or soon will be, teaching in total, partial, or two-way immersion classrooms. Part of a series of video programs, this manual provides definitions, results, and answers to the most commonly asked…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, FLES
Peer reviewedO'Connell, Susan R. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Describes a program to improve problem-solving skills of children by incorporating parents as partners in cooperative learning experiences with the children. Research results indicate that students working with parental partners displayed higher problem-solving ability on posttests than those not working with partners. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Home Programs
Iowa State Council on Vocational Education, Des Moines. – 1996
This handbook provides educators with a step-by-step guide to partnering with parents. Introductory materials include research findings and beliefs about parent involvement in schools and a checklist to determine if the educator is ready to develop a partnership with parents. The eight steps to a parent/school partnership follow. Step 1, define…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
