An article in the Chicago Tribune today discusses a new booklet published by the Chicago Public Schools, “Engaging Parents: Effective Practices From Chicago Principals.”
I don’t think most readers of this blog will find anything new in it, and I don’t think it will be particularly useful outside of Chicago. But it does highlight what is likely to be a somewhat effective strategy — highlighting what other schools in your local community are doing is probably going to have more of an impact on your principal than talking about what some school is doing a thousand miles away….