Posted on October 30, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
There is a substantial amount of research available on parent engagement/involvement, and I thought bringing together a few of the best resources would be useful. You can also see all my parent engagement-related “The Best” lists here. Here are my picks for The Best Research Available On Parent Engagement: The Harvard Family Research Project has [...]
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Posted on October 29, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
As regular readers know, I’ve been “curating” resources I’ve posted about over the past three years. You can see all my parent engagement-related “The Best” lists here. Here are my choices for The Best Resources On Parent/Teacher Conferences: Successful Student-Led School Conferences is from Middleweb. Parent–Teacher Conference Tip Sheets (Hojas de Consejos Para Las Reuniones [...]
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Posted on October 26, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
Walcott Pledges Measures to Increase Parents’ Involvement is the headline of a New York Times article describing that City’s Chancellor committing major changes to parent involvement programs. I hope he follows-through on his plan. They certainly need to make some changes — read Now It’s New York City’s Turn To Show Us How NOT To [...]
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Posted on October 26, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
Education Next has just published an article on three organizations saying they are “organizing parents.” As I’ve often posted, I’m critical and extraordinarily skeptical of all of them. Nevertheless, it’s important to know who they are, what they say they do, and where they get their money.
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Posted on October 25, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
Idaho schools tie merit pay to parent involvement is the headline from a newspaper article that may sound like a joke, but it is true. Obviously, I believe that teachers should encourage parent involvement/engagement, but now they plan to tie teacher pay to the number of parents who attend parent-teacher conferences? We’re accountable not only [...]
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Posted on October 25, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
I’ve posted a lot about good parent engagement/involvement ideas, but sometimes you can learn just as much from looking at bad examples. You can see lots of good ideas at all my parent engagement-related “The Best” lists here. Here are my choices for The Worst Parent Engagement Ideas: Putting Parents in Charge is a condescending [...]
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Posted on October 22, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
St. Paul teachers visit students’ homes in search of common ground is the headline of a good article in a Twin Cities newspaper. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Teacher Home Visits.
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Posted on October 19, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
In March, I wrote about the controversy in New York when Mayor Bloomberg’s staff pushed 400 school parent coordinators to get parents to sign a petition demanding the end to teacher seniority rules. Today, The New York Times reports that the School Board’s Special Investigator found the effort “was partisan, inappropriate and a violation of [...]
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Posted on October 16, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
I was a community organizer for nineteen years prior to becoming a high school teacher, so obviously have a strong interest in how organizing can related to schools. You can also see all my parent engagement-related “The Best” lists here. Here are my choices for The Best Examples Of Parent Engagement Through Community Organizing: What Can [...]
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Posted on October 14, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
A Road Map for Immigrant Parents is a New York Times article about what looks like a pretty impressive program that’s starting in New York City. Of course, the “proof is in the pudding,” so it will be interesting to see what happens over the next year.
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Posted on October 13, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
Building Trust Between Schools & Parents is a nice blog post at Ed Week by Deborah Meier. She also includes some good book recommendations at the end — neither which I had known about previously.
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Posted on October 12, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
Last year, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg announced a $100 million contribution to Newark schools, and made a public commitment to parent and community engagement. I’ve written a lot since that time about how that second part hasn’t worked out real well. It’s great that they recognized the importance of speaking to parents. However but just sending [...]
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Posted on October 11, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
I’ve posted many resources providing parent engagement for teachers, and thought I’d bring them all together in a “The Best….” list. The resources listed here provide practical advice to teachers. You can see all my parent engagement-related “The Best” lists here. Here are my picks for The Best Sources Of Parent Engagement Advice For Teachers: [...]
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Posted on October 10, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
The Learning First blog today published “An Interview with PTA President Betsy Landers.” It’s worth a visit.
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Posted on October 10, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
I’m a big proponent of teachers making home visits, and I wrote a chapter about it in my book on parent engagement. I work closely with the Parent-Teacher Home Visit Project, which happens to be based in Sacramento. I thought it might be useful if I brought together some of the related resources I’ve posted [...]
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Posted on October 10, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
“Teachers increasingly use home visits to connect with students’ families” is a lengthy article that appeared in The Washington Post. It’s definitely worth a read….
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Posted on October 9, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
‘Education is about preparing young people to make the world better than it is’ is by Pedro Noguera. Here’s what he wrote about parent engagement: Parents are our allies But that means that educators need to see themselves as part of the community as well. The educators have to have a vision for how knowledge [...]
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Posted on October 9, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
Ala. Immigration Law Worries Latino Parents is from NPR. You might also be interested in The Best Resources To Learn About Alabama’s Awful Immigration Law (& Its Impact On Schools).
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Posted on October 8, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
Families As Partners: Fostering Family Engagement for Healthy and Successful Students is a report from the National School Boards Association. It provides information on helping families connect with schools around wellness issues.
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Posted on October 4, 2011 by Larry Ferlazzo
The Trouble With the Parent Trigger is a post by Diane Ravitch at Education Week. The comments are pretty interesting, too.
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