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New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Research. – 1994
The New York City Board of Education established the Parent Involvement Program (PIP) in 1987. The goal of the program was to enhance the home-school partnership and optimize the parent-child relationship to maximize educational success for children. By 1992 the program had expanded to more than 90 sites in schools and in communities at large. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Singer, Jerome L.; Singer, Dorothy G. – 1998
A 2-year project was undertaken to develop, test, and distribute a video-based program to train low-income parents in engaging their 3- to 5-year-old children in highly motivating play techniques in order to enhance children's cognitive, social and motor skills for school readiness. An evaluation was conducted of the Year One phase of the training…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Disadvantaged Youth, Low Income Groups