Establishes some basic planning strategies for creating and maintaining an effective parent program. A 60-item School/Partnership Inventory was administered in two school districts, and problems were identified in 23 areas covered by this instrument. Differences in parents' perceptions of the school-home linkages in the sample studies were based…

In a sample of 263 business college alumni and students, all categories were attracted to organizations with flexible career paths and policies. However, salient identity (primarily family, primarily career, or balanced) determined attraction to dual or traditional career paths and policies. (SK)

Presents information about the middle school educational system in Mexico. Considers the implications for better meeting the needs of Mexican children in U.S. schools. Describes experiences and knowledge gained while the author taught a graduate workshop to American teachers in Guanajuato, Mexico. Places the information gained in the context of…

Interviewed African-Caribbean professionals ages 23-40 years, who had been educated in the United Kingdom, regarding factors contributing to their academic success. Two models of success included continuous positive interaction between the home and school that fostered academic excellence and a model where family and community came together to…

Presents an overview of research about family and school linkages and offers a new model, The School and Family Intervention Model, for school counselors. The model provides strategies for better cooperation with marginalized families and explores this work within the context of systems change to improve academic success, reduce at-risk behaviors,…

As the articles in this "Kappan" special section show, leaders at the national, state, district, and school levels are following new paths to partnership between schools and families. Most programs make teachers' jobs easier and should continue throughout childhood and adolescence and include all families without requiring frequent…

Examined the relationships between the nature of adults' work and their parenting attitudes and behaviors. Positive features of work tended to be associated with developmentally sound parenting. Results suggest that the conditions of work influence parenting through their effect on mood, and certain conditions of work may directly socialize…

A Washington principal has developed nine strategies to increase parent-teacher conferences' value. Teachers should identify a student's strengths and weaknesses in reading, writing, listening, and speaking; highlight areas where progress is lacking; provide parents with work samples; discuss the student's participation level; and identify growth…

Analysis of characteristics of self-employed women and men suggested that family characteristics (such as children and marital status) are significant predictors of women's self-employment; human capital characteristics predict men's self-employment. Advanced age and education are among the determinants for both men and women. (SK)

Examines the formation of a solid and lasting parent-teacher connection. Provides teachers a list of experiences that can be shared with parents to help build strong links in the home-school chain. Includes list of recommended reading and resources. (ET)

Investigates the applicability of two modified family systems constructs to parent-teacher relationships. Results suggested two related factors, joining and communication, as important elements of parent-teacher relationships. Data gathered in the second stage revealed that the joining factor included affiliation and support, dependability and…

Three interviews each with 10 female secondary family/consumer education teachers elicited themes suggesting that the family plays a role in development of the meanings people hold about the nature of work and choice and persistence in integrated work roles. Families appear to nurture employability skills/values, job-specific skills/values, and…

Based on examination of 326 studies, this review covers the issues of career development, reciprocal work/nonwork interactions, and women's labor force participation for 1992 through 1994. It concludes that efforts to link career variables to family systems and personality theories have been instructive. Gender, ethnicity, and career self-efficacy…

Presents two drafts of the Russian government's "Conception of Preschool Upbringing." Suggests in the first draft that goals for renovating the Russian kindergarten include enhancing child health, educational goals, and living conditions. Explores in the second draft the roles of individual development, interaction, learning, labor, and…

Discusses some aspects of socialization in east Germany. Contrasts the socialization of adolescents within the family with public education. Reports that as a result of the mixed messages, adolescents learned two sets of opinions, adopted a pragmatic distance from official socialist values, and found means to avoid ideological indoctrination. (SG)