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Jones, Delcenia – Our Children: The National PTA Magazine, 2011
In these stressful times, many Parent Teacher Association (PTA) leaders are finding membership recruitment and retention to be particularly challenging. The Black Star Community PTA in Chicago has found some unique methods of getting their community to support students and families, and join PTA. The basis for their efforts is in recognizing the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Group Dynamics, Parent Teacher Conferences, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Mathis, William J. – National Education Policy Center, 2012
This report offers recommendations for building community support for federal school turnaround approaches, particularly in communities that oppose these approaches. Parents, the report concludes, want improvement but cherish their local schools and distrust the turnaround options mandated from above by higher levels of government. Thus,…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Community Support, School Restructuring, Educational Change