Presents four rules for successful parent involvement programs, based on the Home and School Institute's 20 years' experience in promoting parent involvement in education. (MCG)

Describes positive results from programs that build family interaction and children's academic achievement without duplicating the school. (Author/MLF)

The lack of an operational linkage between the educational forces of school, home, and community is a major part of the crisis in the schools today. To reach the widest number of children in the earlier school years, it is vital for schools to connect with the home. An ideal time to begin a coordinated, concerted national effort linking the…

Argues that an infrastructure must be built that involves parents in all aspects of their children's schooling. Key aspects of this infrastructure are (1) promoting parents as educators, (2) training teachers to cooperate with families, (3) promoting cooperation among families, (4) involving the larger community, and (5) presenting family learning…

This article offers simple ways for teachers to coax reluctant parents into the classroom. Suggestions include showing and telling parents how welcome they are, developing a sensitivity to differences in cultures and educational backgrounds, providing food, and making home visits to the parents. (SM)

This guide, addressed to policymakers, describes specific programs to support the educational role of the family. Based on demonstrated research, it lays out low-cost methods to enhance the impact of schooling by involving the family. Following an executive summary, the volume presents six main sections, with recommendations for addressing the…

This document describes the three programs in School and Parent Community Involvement developed by the Home and School Institute (HSI) in conjunction with the Trinity College's Master of Arts in Teaching Program. The in-service teacher development programs are a Master's of Arts Concentration in School and Parent Community Involvement, a five-step…

Presents activities for parents to help their children achieve in school. The first activity involves having children create a comfortably furnished space of their own at home for studying. The second involves teaching children to better manage large home and school projects by working through necessary steps. (SM)

A compact is a commitment to sharing responsibility for student learning and an action plan for a family-school-community partnership to help children get a high-quality education. All across America parents, teachers, and community and business leaders are creating such compacts to build and strengthen partnerships for improved student learning.…

Describes programs for involving parents in their children's education both at school and at home. (IRT)

Describes how teachers can soothe difficult parents and eventually turn them into friendly partners by learning to understand the behavior and responding correctly (for example, listening carefully, focusing on the child, showing respect, voicing concern for the child's interests, considering the other person's viewpoint, and calling for backup if…

This monograph for teachers outlines reasons for working with parents. It presents a sampling of practical strategies that teachers can use to foster parent competence and responsibility in the education of their children. It also contains answers to some of teachers' questions about getting parents to visit the school and encouraging them to…

These brochures provide simple, specific activities parents can use during the summer to enhance their children's academic and social skills. The brochure for grades K-3 provides activities in the areas of reading, writing, math, and science. The brochure for grades 4-5 provides activities in the areas of reading, writing, math, and social…

This guide discusses policies and programs that help families contribute to and support educational excellence. Chapter 1, on the significance of family involvement, covers increased student achievement; home learning activities; improved student behavior; family and teacher acceptance; benefits to parents, teachers, and the community; basic…

The following two major questions are addressed in this paper: How can the mounting research on the relationship of the home to children's school success be translated into practical action in communities across the nation? And, how can all families become meaningfully involved in children's education? Part of the answer to both those questions is…