How a Head Start program expanded to become an early child development program'' which includes training for the parents in a Community Education Center.'' (SP)

A preprint from a forthcoming pamphlet of the National Conference on Research in English. (Editor/SW)

This article argues that the multidisciplinary team (MDT) can provide more effective and satisfying psycho-educational services by adopting a family systems model. A brief overview of the model is provided, followed by a discussion of specific MDT functions that serve to facilitate a school-family alliance. (Author/PN)

Offers reasons why public schools should cooperate with local families educating their children at home: opposing home schooling is rarely fruitful; supporting home schoolers can improve public relations; home schooling offers otherwise unobtainable insights into child learning; and home-schooled students participating in district programs may…

Describes the impact of the Parent Education Model upon school, community, and parents as indicated by ten communities in nine different states. (MP)

Tests the adequacy of the transference model in explaining variations in feelings of political efficacy by analyzing data collected from a sample of Chinese secondary school students in West Malaysia. According to this model, feelings that the young develop toward authority figures, for instance in the family or school, are likely to be…

Interviews with eight families showed that literacy materials and goals for using literacy differed between middle and working class families, with middle class families drawing on more resources to learn about the child's classroom. However, all families expressed value for literacy activities, challenging the myth that working-class families do…

The articles in this special issue discuss the gendered relationship between families and schools. Some articles address the different practices and responsibilities through which mothers and, to a lesser extent, fathers, construct their families' relationships to schooling. Others explore mass compulsory education and social-justice issues,…

Examines parent involvement complexities from the differing standpoints of school volunteers and teachers, mostly women. Explores the construction of the family-school relationship in four Louisiana schools serving low-income children. For educators, parental involvement was ideologically bounded by school walls. Parents' descriptions stressed…

Discusses benefits of sidewalk or on-the-run conferences when teachers can talk to reticent parents, helping them feel welcome at school. Explains how to approach a sidewalk crowd, possible results of conferences, and what professionals can learn from off-the-record conferences. Suggests alternative ways to meet informally with parents to inform…

Addresses the sources of dissatisfaction from parents who had removed their children from public schools to begin home schooling. Implications for public schools' community relations and practice specifically focus on three areas of greatest concern: student grouping practices, peer relationships, and the extension of the school day via homework.…

Discusses the traditional practices and the theories that have been adopted by many early childhood professionals in Australia. Questions the implicit codes of Western schooling, highlighting the ethnocentric framework of early childhood education in many countries. Presents and discusses findings from a study of Australian indigenous families…

Examines family formation and its effects on the career lives of both women and men academics from the time they receive their doctorates until 20 years later. Finds that there is a consistent and large gap in achieving tenure between women who have early babies and men who have early babies. Discusses policy implications. (EV)

Identifies child care options and discusses the role of family support programs in helping parents decide which type of care and which specific provider are best for them. Lists steps in selecting high-quality child care. Discusses the employers' role in providing alternative work schedules and other ways they help employees meet child care needs.…

Discusses how increasing access to storybooks and involving teachers and parents in home-school reading and writing partnerships has proved an effective strategy for promoting English literacy in Ghana. (Author/VWL)