Parents' involvement in their children's education is widely understood as a key component of educational success. However, schools typically expect parents to engage with the school system in ways consistent with White, middle-class parenting and behavioral norms and in ways that are deferential to the school's agenda. In this article, we report…

The parent is the first and most impressive influence on the child. If the appropriate education about human sexuality could begin through the parents, children could develop much healthier values about their own sexuality. A description of an attempt in Chattanooga, Tennessee to involve parents with this subject is given. (Author)

The state of the art in involving parents in the education of their handicapped children is reviewed, and model program approaches for increasing their participation are described. Background aspects considered include research findings that demonstrate the importance of parent involvement, and a review of legislative mandates on the topic. The…

The Home and School Institute operates to develop specific, easy, low cost, practical ways to share educational accountability between home and school, and to develop ways in which schools can enhance school-community interaction. (MB)

Guidelines are presented for working with parents of learning disabled children in a collaborative clinician-parent program. Parents are explained to need guidance and support in managing the child at home, in dealing with family members and others who don't understand the problem, and in understanding the professional's language. To be effective…

Describes a reading program being used in Akron Public Schools in which students in Chapter 1 classes and their parents participate in paired reading on a daily basis to improve their child's reading ability and confidence. (MG)

Describes the "Magical PAIR" (Parents Actively Involved in Reading) program, initiated by a reading center for grades one through five, that is based on the premise that parents are a critical link to a successful reading program. (MG)

Acknowledging that if schools want fathers to become involved in their children's education, schools must value men for what they can contribute, this booklet presents stories giving a range of examples of schools trying to facilitate the involvement of fathers, including uncles, grandfathers, and other men from the community. The stories are not…

Describes the development and content of a program for parents designed to present the need for parent-child book sharing and to familiarize parents with outstanding book titles, sources, and criteria for book selection. (HTH)

The purpose of this booklet is to provide suggestions that may be helpful to local school communities as they create their own ways of involving parents in the school. It presents a planning model that identifies seven specific steps that might be taken by any community to fashion a model appropriate for that community. These steps suggest the…

Described in the third of three reports from a staff training program at the University of Texas at Austin is a program for parent involvement in a short term center for learning disabled and emotionally disturbed preschoolers. It is explained that the program focuses on the parent's role as principle therapist for the child. Among program…

By providing background information, reviewing current practice, and identifying and analyzing related issues, the authors formulate and recommend solutions for strengthening the parent-school relationship, particularly as related to P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act). Section I provides background information on the law…

Describes the parents' organization at the University of Minnesota Technical College and their parents' day activities. The parents' organization functions through a forty-member council to provide parents with school information, inform parents of policies, and to make recommendations to further improve educational services. (LRA)

This report is a transcript of presentations from the 1980 Conference on Home-School Alliances, defined as specific coordination strategies between home and school, and developed to further the social and academic development of children and youths. Following the preface, brief overview of the purpose and nature of the conference, and the…

This digest describes parents' role in student learning, school-based parent training programs, building parent programs, using home computers, and school counselors' role in student achievement. (NRB)