NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Audience
Practitioners2
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 17 results Save | Export
Graham, Georgia – Houston Independent School District, 2021
Since 2007, nineteen Houston Independent School District (HISD) campuses have partnered with Literacy Now to offer the Reading Intervention program. The Reading Intervention program provides individualized, small group reading tutorials for at-risk students in kindergarten to second grade to create proficient readers by the end of third grade.…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Programs, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – Educational Horizons, 1975
Describes a program, launched by the New Haven (Connecticut) Public School System, that involved parents, as well as other members of the family, in a variety of activities that promoted reading growth of children. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Guidelines, Parent Education, Parent Participation
Taylor, John; And Others – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1979
Neal Junior High School in North Chicago, Illinois, made parents more aware of what was being offered in physical education classes by holding a parent-student-teacher night. Parents could observe the teaching and participate in the activities. (JMF)
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Observation, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
Kutac, Ethel M. – 1976
Guidelines developed by the Austin Early Childhood Special Education Program are provided for training parents to observe and participate in the classroom. Described is a four-session program in which small groups of parents view a videotape, observe in a classroom other than their child's, and finally observe in their own child's classroom.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Guidelines, Handicapped Children, Observation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Ortega, Alice; Ramirez, Jeanne – Reading Teacher, 2002
Describes how the primary goal of the Parent Program was to constructively involve parents in their children's learning process. Notes how it gives them specific ideas and methods to assist their children in literacy acquisition. Hopes that the program will get materials in the homes that students might need while doing homework and get more…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Grade 2, Instructional Materials, Literacy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Piazza, Raymond L. – Catalyst for Change, 1976
Describes a toy-lending library program developed jointly by a school district and a women's club in order to aid the development of preschool children and to encourage parents' participation and understanding of their child's educational and emotional development. (JG)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Participation, Parent Workshops
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Tremitiere, Barbara T. – Child Welfare, 1979
Descriptors: Adoption, Ancillary Services, Child Welfare, Foster Children
Campbell Union School District, CA. – 1982
Information on the development and implementation of a parent education project in the Campbell Union School District (California) is presented. The project, consisting of a series of parent workshops at school sites, is described as an opportunity for parents to share their 6th, 7th, or 8th grade child's learning experience in a family life…
Descriptors: Family Life Education, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Parent Education
Silvestri, Kenneth – Equity and Choice, 1991
The Public Policy and Public Schools Program was developed to educate urban, low-income parents about the administration, curriculum, organization, legal structure, and finances of their children's schools. The program has increased parental involvement in local boards of education, school committees, and advocacy groups. Sample program activities…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Almeida, Cynthia H. – 1976
This report is an evaluation of a selected New York City Umbrella program, funded under a special grant from the New York State Legislature. The program, established to service the needs of working parents, children from families where the older siblings had been behind in school achievement, and families with serious social and economic problems,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Minority Group Children, Parent Participation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Karnes, Merle B.; And Others – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1987
Examines the importance of including families in the education of young handicapped children and discusses trends in the foci of family involvement programs of recent years. Describes the family involvement component of the Precise Early Education of Children with Handicaps (PEECH) outreach project. (Author)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Family Programs, Family Role
Towns, Kathryn; Jones, Bruce T. – 1979
A Parents as Resource Program was offered in eight elementary schools in an inner city school system. Approximately 160 parents, mostly mothers, completed a 10-week series of workshops constructed to increase parental self-confidence, to develop awareness of affective childrearing practices and to demonstrate creative use of materials available in…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Communication Skills, Intervention, Parent Attitudes
Goldberg, Marge; And Others – 1989
This report reviews ongoing projects by the Parent Advocacy Center for Educational Rights (PACER), in particular its parent training program and programs for students. The Parents Helping Parents project is described and evaluated, including its efforts concerning public information, workshops for all parents, workshops for special groups,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Philadelphia School District, PA. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1979
This paper contains a description and evaluation of a project designed to assist teachers, aides, and parents in the preparation of preelementary children for structured elementary school reading programs. Activities involving 22 teachers and aides and 71 parents from seven schools or child care sites are described. A section on achievement data…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Listening Skills, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Participation
Perkins, Fran; Strutchens, Marilyn – Teaching Pre K-8, 1994
Outlines the evolution and goals of the Family Literacy Project (FLP), developed to encourage parent-school partnerships through regular parent-teacher seminars. The FLP also seeks to improve parents' own literacy skills; provide parents with multiple strategies to help educate their children; and provide teachers and parents with multicultural…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Literacy, Literacy Education
Previous Page | Next Page ยป
Pages: 1  |  2