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Direct linkAuerbach, Susan; Collier, Shartriya – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: As accountability pressures have mounted toward ever-higher targets under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, low-achieving schools have sought new tools for raising achievement. The association between parent involvement and student achievement is well established, though the association is an indirect relationship mediated…
Descriptors: Accountability, Immigrants, Reading Skills, Family Literacy
McConnell, Beverly B. – 1991
This report evaluates the 1990-91 implementation of the Parent Leadership Training Program in Washington State. Teams from each of seven elementary schools received a manual of materials and guidance on recruiting parents, involving teaching staff, and providing support services. They then implemented the program in their schools. The first part…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Leadership Training, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
Download full textBlakes-Greenway, Doris – 1994
This practicum was designed to improve communication between the mostly low-income, Hispanic parents and the non-Hispanic staff of a school-based preschool program. Parents of the program's 20 children were surveyed to determine what factors might encourage their participation in school functions. Parents were also interviewed by telephone and in…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Low Income Groups, Parent Attitudes, Parent Education
Patterson, Sharon R. – 1994
A program implemented in a rural elementary school in Florida had the goal of increasing parental involvement of students in grades 1, 4, and 5. The majority of students in the school were black, came from single-parent homes, and were considered low-income. Prior to program implementation, a parent survey revealed that of 53 parents, 21 read to…
Descriptors: Blacks, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Homework
Amato, John Kenneth – 1994
This practicum was designed to address declining parental participation in school functions and activities at a middle school, along with a low level of parental involvement or interest in their children's education. A year-long parental involvement program was developed that encouraged parents to: (1) interact with their children and their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Discipline Problems, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Valentine, Thomas – 1984
This handbook contains everything needed to prepare instructional materials for conducting a PLACES (Parents Learning to Assist Children in the Elementary School) workshop. The handbook contains three sections. The Participant Manual (composed of all left-facing pages) consists of materials needed for the four sessions (17 activities) of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students, Instructional Materials
