Daily Archives: April 13, 2012

All My Best Resources On Parent Engagement In One Place!

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I’ve previously posted this collection, but I thought it might be useful to new readers — this blog has gotten quite a few new readers recently. Of course, I also keep them continually updated:

The Best Ideas On How Parents Can Help Their Kids Succeed Academically

“The Best Research Available On Parent Engagement”

The Best Reasons Why Parents Should Be Looked At As Allies & Not Targets Of Blame

The Best Overviews Of Parent Engagement

My Best Posts, Articles & Interviews On Parent Engagement

The Best Resources On Parent Engagement In Countries Other Than The U.S.

The Worst Parent Engagement Ideas

“The Best Examples Of Parent Engagement Through Community Organizing” — October, 2011

The Best Sources Of Parent Engagement Advice For Teachers

The Best Posts & Articles For Learning About Newark’s $100 Million From Facebook

The Best Resources For Learning About Teacher Home Visits

The Best Resources On Parent/Teacher Conferences

My Best Posts On Building Parent Engagement In Schools — 2011 (So Far) — July, 2011

My Best Posts On Parent Engagement Over The Past Six Months — April, 2011

The Best Resources For Learning Why The Parent Trigger Isn’t Good For Parents, Kids Or Schools

“Parent involvement and ideologies of Black mothers in an urban community”

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“We can speak for ourselves: Parent involvement and ideologies of Black mothers in an urban community” is project by Billye Rhodes, a Ph.D. candidate in the Culture, Curriculum, and Change program at the UNC Chapel Hill School of Education.

You can see a transcript of this video, along with information about Ms. Rhodes’ work, at Learn NC.

Here’s a short excerpt:

When we discuss parent involvement, the literature is often from a perspective of ‘how can we teach them how to be parents’ or ‘how can get them to come into the school to sign up for the agenda we have.’ When it is collaborative, oftentimes the literature doesn’t hear from the voices of the parents who need to be involved the most, want to be involved the most, or are capable of being involved.