I’ve written quite a few articles on parent engagement, and decided to bring them together in one list. You might also be interested in seeing all my parent engagement-related “The Best” lists here.
Here are my picks for My Best Posts, Articles & Interviews On Parent Engagement:
Involvement or Engagement? is the title of my lead article in this month’s issue of ASCD Education Leadership.
I wrote Parent Involvement or Parent Engagement? for Learning First.
Jeez, What Was Ron Clark Thinking?
What’s really wrong with ‘parent trigger’ laws is the title of a piece I wrote for The Washington Post.
Teacher Home Visits Are Important, But The Post’s Jay Mathews Misses The Point
You can read my article in Teacher Magazine, What ‘Star Wars’ Can Teach Educators About Parent Engagement, without having to register first at this link.
Why paying parents to attend school events is wrong is a piece I wrote for The Washington Post.
The ‘Parent Trigger’ doesn’t help schools or parents is the headline of a piece at The Washington Post.
The national teacher organization “Teachers Count” published an interview with me that focuses on parent engagement issues.
Here We Go Again: Private Foundations Have A Place (And Have To Be Kept In Their Place)
Can The Brookings Institution Really Be That Clueless?
John Norton interviewed me for one of my favorite blogs (and I say that not just because of this interview :))
You might want to read Expert Advice about Parent Engagement: An Interview with Larry Ferlazzo.
Some Of These “Parent Academies” Just Don’t Get It….
I had a great and stimulating experience as a guest in an Ed Week chat on Engaging Parents. If you’re interested, you can read the chat transcript.
Teacher Magazine published an article I wrote about teachers making home visits to parents. It’s part of a series written by members of the Teacher Leaders Network. You have to register (for free) to read the entire article, but it’s a quick process.
Home Visits and Hope for the Future is a piece Carrie Rose and I co-wrote for ASCD Express.
Response: The Difference Between Parent “Involvement” & Parent “Engagement” is the last post in a three-part series on parent engagement I published in my Ed Week Teacher column. Links to the preview two posts in the series are included.
Here are two short pieces I wrote for Ed Week:
‘Back To The Future’ For Parent Engagement
Follow-Up: Parent Engagement vs. Parent Involvement
Chart: Useful Summary Of The Differences Between Parent Involvement & Parent Engagement
Q & A Collections: Parent Engagement In Schools is my newest post over at Education Week Teacher.
It brings all my posts on…parent engagement together in one place.
Here’s a newer four-part series on parent engagement I wrote for Ed Week.
The Difference Between Parent “Involvement” & Parent “Engagement”: Selected Tweets From #PTchat
I was a guest during #PTchat on Twitter discussing the difference between parent engagement and parent involvement (you can see the tweets here).
As a follow-up to that conversation, I was a guest on PTchat Radio, and you can listen to it here.
Q & A Collections: Parent Engagement In Schools brings together all my Ed Week posts related to parent engagement from the past three years.
I was recently interviewed by Val Brown on parent engagement.
It was part of the Center for Teaching Quality “microcredential series.”
If you find it useful or interesting, you can read and/or listen to other commentaries I’ve done on the topic.
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