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Hayakawa, Momoko; Reynolds, Arthur – Voices in Urban Education, 2016
Flexibility, creativity, and collaboration are required to successfully meet the needs of each school when scaling up family engagement programs across a diverse range of communities. Flexibility, creativity, and collaboration are required to successfully meet the needs of each school when scaling up family engagement programs across a diverse…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Family School Relationship, Creativity, Student Diversity
Westmoreland, Helen; Rosenberg, Heidi M.; Lopez, M. Elena; Weiss, Heather – Harvard Family Research Project, 2009
Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) and the National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) have teamed up to bring you a ground-breaking policy brief that examines the role of school districts in promoting family engagement. "Seeing is Believing: Promising Practices for How School Districts Promote Family Engagement" spotlights how six…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Strategies, Educational Policy, Best Practices
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Fletcher, Delores – Childhood Education, 1979
A close-up view of the Parent Child Training Center in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, one of a growing number of early childhood and family education programs in the state. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Programs, Family Programs, Family School Relationship
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Stuecher, Uwe; And Others – Journal of American Indian Education, 1985
Describes a 4-year training program for Indian paraprofessionals as Social Work Aides to support Indian children--especially the handicapped--in a non-Indian school system. Reports positive program evaluations including high ratings for workshops and advocacy effectiveness, decreased absenteeism for students with advocate intervention, and…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Child Advocacy, Elementary Secondary Education
Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. – 1991
This document describes four states' approaches to increasing the involvement of families in schools. It discusses the strategies used by the states to: (1) enhance teachers' capacity to work with families; (2) encourage local school districts to develop family involvement programs; (3) encourage efforts that use family involvement as a component…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Community Education, Community Programs, Educational Improvement