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US Department of Justice, 2015
Forty years ago, the Supreme Court of the United States determined that in order for public schools to comply with their legal obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), they must take affirmative steps to ensure that students with limited English proficiency (LEP) can meaningfully participate in their educational…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Limited English Speaking, Parents, Civil Rights
Hanemann, Ulrike; McCaffery, Juliet; Newell-Jones, Katy; Scarpino, Cassandra – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2017
This report highlights the critical role family literacy and learning play in breaking down barriers between different learning contexts and engaging hard-to-reach adults and children in education. This report was developed as part of a family learning project initiated by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in 2016. Based on the…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Family Literacy, Intergenerational Programs, Barriers
PACER Center, 2014
Every child is unique and learns in different ways. Some children are identified as needing special education services to support his or her learning at school. Parents can play a major role in shaping the services a child receives. This guidebook has been written for parents, guardians, and surrogate parents of a child (ages 3 to 21 or…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Disabilities, Special Education, Public Schools
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs, 2015
The U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Justice (DOJ) released joint guidance on January 7, 2015, reminding states, school districts and schools of their obligations under federal law to ensure that English Learners have equal access to a high-quality education and the opportunity to achieve their full academic potential. In this context, the…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, School Districts, State Departments of Education, Guidelines
McConaughy, Stephanie H.; Kay, Pam; Welkowitz, Julie A.; Hewitt, Kim; Fitzgerald, Martha D. – Guilford Publications, 2007
The Achieving-Behaving-Caring (ABC) Program is an evidence-based approach to addressing the needs of elementary students at risk for emotional and behavioral difficulties and promoting successful home-school collaboration. This practical guide demonstrates how classroom teachers and parents can work together to boost individual children's…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Parent Participation, Action Research, Parent School Relationship
Butte Vocational-Technical Center, Montana. – 1973
The booklet describes Project Prepare, a program designed to teach educationally disadvantaged parents adult basic education skills in their own homes and then to show these parents how and what to teach their preschool children. Information is provided on the design and implementation of the projects. Seven specific problems in adult basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Demonstration Programs
Illinois State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Springfield. – 1976
This handbook, written in both Spanish and English, is intended to assist parents and relatives of public school children in becoming active and well-informed participants in bilingual-bicultural education. The handbook attempts to do this in four ways: (1) by giving parents a clearer understanding of this educational approach; (2) by suggesting…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Students
Council for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA. – 1979
The 2-hour training package is designed to help parents of handicapped children become productive participants at the individualized education program (IEP) conference. The kit contains checklists and other resource materials for appraising the IEP as it is developed. Directions and reproducible materials for workshop participants are included in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Filmstrips, Guides, Handicapped Children

Ross, Sylvia P. – 1977
This document describes a series of five booklets that have been developed to help parents and teachers teach children about the traffic system in an effort to avoid accidents. Booklet number one, which is included as part of this document, is a guide for parents describing the young child's pedestrian problem. Suggestions are offered on how to…
Descriptors: Child Development, Driveways, Early Childhood Education, Parent Education
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1984
This handbook provides ideas for Pennsylvania school districts attempting to get parents more involved in school programs. There are five sections. The first describes the importance of parent involvement and defines such involvement as "meaningful partnerships between parents and school which demonstrate commitment to improving student…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Involvement, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Wells, Virginia – 1974
The meaning of evaluation and the steps necessary to implement it are explained to parents in this booklet. The purposes and methods of evaluating student progress, teacher capability, programs, and school and community goals are related to improvement of the educational experience as a whole. Decision making is always a result of the data…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Evaluation
McKinley, Cindy – 1977
Intended to serve primarily as a guideline, this manual presents an example of how one rural school system restructured its curriculum to integrate career education into the program. Based on flexibility and adaptation, it presents six areas for consideration: (1) the eight elements of career education; (2) the advantages and disadvantages of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration
US Department of Education, 2005
In many places across the country, public school students no longer automatically attend their neighborhood school. Instead, parents may decide that their child's needs are better met elsewhere, for example, at a small alternative school, an arts magnet school, a charter technology high school, or a media academy operating within a larger school.…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Educational Innovation, School Desegregation, Public Schools
Michigan Council of Cooperative Nurseries, Jackson. – 1973
The Michigan Council of Cooperative Nurseries (MCCN) is a corporation established with the following purposes: (1) correlate the work of the cooperative nursery groups in Michigan, (2) assist new cooperative groups, (3) upgrade day care standards, (4) encourage ongoing program evaluation in day care, and (5) sensitize families and communities to…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Certification, Cooperative Programs, Day Care
Gronlund, Norman E. – 1974
This book is intended as a practical guide for the preservice and in-service education of teachers. The first chapter describes current practices in marking and reporting student progress. This is followed by guidelines for improving marking and reporting systems (Chapter 2), methods of assigning norm-referenced letter grades (Chapter 3), the use…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Evaluation Criteria, Grades (Scholastic), Guides