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Download full textAbdelnasser Hosni Hussein – School Leadership Review, 2025
This qualitative cross-case study aimed to explore effective communication in suburban and urban schools. The study investigated K-12 leaders' perceptions of effective communication with parents in suburban and urban school districts. Three open-ended questions guided the research: 1) What are principals' perceptions of effective communication…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Organizational Communication, Parent School Relationship
Kurki, Anja; Heppen, Jessica B.; Brown, Seth – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2021
This toolkit is for school districts that are considering using text messaging to improve attendance. Text messaging can reach large numbers of parents with minimal cost. This toolkit is intended to enable district leaders and staff to: (1) Consider goals and priorities for using text messaging to communicate with parents about student absences;…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Written Language, Computer Mediated Communication
Gunpinar, Yasemin; Mackin, R. Kevin – AILACTE Journal, 2020
The purpose of this study was to identify common areas of strength and weakness in teacher preparation programs based on the perceptions of teacher candidates and novice teachers from 14 higher education institutions across three states. The areas investigated included perspectives on teacher preparation related to "Instructional…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs
Axford, Nick; Berry, Vashti; Lloyd, Jenny; Moore, Darren; Rogers, Morwenna; Hurst, Alison; Blockley, Kelly; Durkin, Hannah; Minton, Jacqueline – Education Endowment Foundation, 2019
The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) commissioned a team from the University of Plymouth and the University of Exeter to conduct: (1) a review of the best available evidence about what schools can do to improve children's learning and attainment via parent engagement, and (2) supplementary research to understand schools' current practices and…
Descriptors: Parent School Relationship, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Student Behavior
Miller, Sarah; Davison, Jenny; Yohanis, Jamie; Sloan, Seaneen; Gildea, Aideen; Thurston, Allen – Education Endowment Foundation, 2017
This report presents the findings from an efficacy trial and process evaluation of the Parent Engagement Programme (PEP). The PEP was a school-level intervention designed to improve pupil outcomes by engaging parents in their children's learning. The programme was developed collaboratively by research teams from the University of Bristol and…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries
Walters, Nancy; DeSalvo, Alaina; Shafer, Shakiya – Minnesota Office of Higher Education, 2017
Minnesota's Intervention for College Attendance Program (ICAP) is a program of competitive grants awarded to postsecondary institutions, professional organizations and community-based organizations. Funded programs focus on increasing the access and success of groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education by strengthening their…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intervention, College Preparation, Enrichment Activities
Duffy, Sarah; Induni, Marta; Moiduddin, Emily – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2010
This report presents the results of the Parental Involvement in Pre-School Telephone Interview study completed by Mathematica Policy Research for the First 5 Contra Costa Children and Families Commission. Parent involvement in children's preschool programs and learning experiences is proven to be positively associated with cognitive, academic,…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Telephone Surveys, Research Reports
Walters, Nancy; Mixon, Joel D.; Oliver, Nekey – Minnesota Office of Higher Education, 2015
Minnesota's Intervention for College Attendance Program (ICAP) is a program of competitive grants awarded to postsecondary institutions, professional organizations and community-based organizations. Funded programs focus on increasing the access and success of groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education by strengthening their…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intervention, College Preparation, Enrichment Activities
Shobo, Yetty; Meharie, Anduamlak; Hammer, Patricia Cahape; Hixson, Nate – West Virginia Department of Education, 2012
This study examines the results of the Alternative Identification and Reporting (AIR) program, which promoted the nonuse of disability labels for students receiving special education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (i.e., students who would previously have been identified as having an emotional/behavioral disorder, specific…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Students with Disabilities, Labeling (of Persons), Special Education
Walters, Nancy; Williams-Wyche, Shaun – Minnesota Office of Higher Education, 2013
Minnesota's Intervention for College Attendance Program (ICAP) is a program of competitive grants awarded to postsecondary institutions, professional organizations and community-based organizations. Funded programs focus on increasing the access and success of groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education by strengthening their…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intervention, College Preparation, Enrichment Activities
Direct linkSpielberger, Julie; Baker, Stephen; Winje, Carolyn; Mayers, Leifa – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2009
Chapin Hall has been conducting an implementation and evaluability study of the ECCI (Early Childhood Cluster Initiative) project since the midway point of its first year. As described in the authors' first report (Spielberger & Goyette, 2006), the initiative made considerable progress in its initial year, particularly in implementing the…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Counties
Henry, Michelle – Online Submission, 2008
Vygotsky (1978) presented ideas influential to the "constructivist" approach to education. This approach included the "zone of proximal development," and defined what is essential for student's development of a higher cognitive ability in order to become self-motivated learners. His theory also directly relates to the research regarding the…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Reading Comprehension, Parent Participation, Program Effectiveness
Yin, Robert K.; Ahonen, Pirkko S. – US Department of Education, 2008
The Voluntary Public School Choice (VPSC) Program supports the emergence and growth of choice initiatives across the country, by assisting states and local school districts in developing innovative strategies to expand public school choice options for students. This report contains the final assessment of the first five years of the VPSC Program…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Transportation, School Choice, Exhibits
Henderson, Rita McTyre – 1993
A practicum was designed to increase parents' participation in the education of their children by involving parents and teachers in a concentrated program of experiences and activities. The setting for the practicum was an elementary school for kindergarten through third grade, where teacher surveys, parent meetings, workshop attendance, and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Information Dissemination, Outreach Programs, Parent Associations
Whitsett, Maria D.; And Others – 1992
Findings of a study that evaluated the implementation and effectiveness of 10 state-authorized parent education and involvement pilot programs in Texas are presented in this paper. Data were derived from demographic report forms, 369 parent opinion surveys, student opinion surveys, 105 teacher opinion surveys, cost surveys, and final evaluation…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Attitudes, Parent Education, Parent Participation
