The editorial calls upon parents and educators to develop models to facilitate the parental involvement in educational programs for handicapped children that is now required by law. (GW)

At a time when both public and parochial schools throughout the country are facing the prospect of continually declining enrollments, the Newark Archdiocese this year decided to see what a soft-sell campaign could do about it. (Author)

Argues that teachers need to sell their wares more aggressively to parents. (Editor)

Reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the Boston magnet school program. The author concludes that integration in the 1980s will need to be metropolitan and voluntary. (Author/IRT)

Examines the critical issues in health education from the perspective of the professional, parents, and students. Concern for adolescent development should be at the core of an integrated health curriculum. (Author/IRT)

The Mama Lere Parent-Infant Training Program (Nashville, Tennessee) which serves hearing- and speech-impaired children focuses on family involvement and an intervention plan which includes four service delivery components: facilitation of child communicative competence; educational advocacy and team decision making; information exchange; and…

Discusses barriers to successful school-to-work transitions for youth with disabilities. Advocates parental involvement in the transition process. Suggests how agencies can involve parents. (CH)

Presents brief statements from 12 educators recommending and describing books for teens as well as for their parents. Suggests that adolescent literature offers a rare opportunity for family communication. (JG)

Examines preschool learning efforts by children (aged three to five), which also involved parents to a degree. Reviews results and recommendations. Discusses a model whereby parents, as learner/teachers, start the lifelong learning process of their children at birth. (CH)

Provides answers to questions commonly asked by parents concerning beginning reading instruction. Emphasizes the development of oral language competence, and reading and writing for meaning, rather than formal instruction, and drill in reading skills. (PCB)

The involvement of the Dunham family and their physically disabled son with the Family Challenge Program (Westfield, Massachusetts) is outlined with particular attention to how the family relationships (especially between father and son) have grown closer through improved communication, cooperation, and trust, thereby creating a partnership. (JMM)

The involvement of 1,000 parents of gifted and talented children in the educational system was studied in New York and Cleveland. A questionnaire determined their involvement in 27 selected service, financial, and parent education practices. Contrary to some expectations, these parents were not very involved in school activities. (SLD)

The article explores strategies that might be implemented toward promoting parent involvement in and cooperation with their children's physical education programs, including ways to change parents' attitudes toward physical education. (CB)

This tongue-in-cheek article gives examples of ways in which educators give lip service to such principles as recognizing the rights of parents and valuing parent contributions but actually still try to avoid significant parent impact on their own work with students. (DB)