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Engaging parents in education : lessons from five parental information and resource centers / prepared by WestEd for U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- Innovations in education
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Parent participation--United States--Case studies.
- Education.
- Education--Parent participation.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Case studies
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 65 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement, 2007.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Addresses the importance of parental information and resource centers in engaging parents as partners in the implementation and sucess of the No Child Left Behind Act.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- NCLB and Parent Involvement
- Parental Information and Resource Centers
- Methodology
- Part I: The PIRCs' Role in Building Understanding of NCLB and Other Education-related Issues
- Understanding the Audience
- Making Education-related Information Available and Understandable
- Getting in Touch With Parents Statewide
- Connecting With Hard-to-Reach Parents
- Promoting Cross-stakeholder Communication
- Moving From Information to Action
- Part II: The PIRCs' Role in Preparing and Supporting Parents and Educators to Take Action for Student Learning
- Accessing Local Needs Related to Parent Involvement
- Training Parent Liaisons
- Training Parents for Leadership
- Training Parents and Educators to Function in Teams
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Research Methodology
- Appendix B: Resources
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed on August 20, 2007).
- "June 2007"--Page ii
- Print version record.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2024.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Engaging parents in education.
- OCLC:
- 166144825
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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