Dr. Anthony Moore has written two posts in Ed Week about How to Increase Parental Engagement in Urban Education. You can see Part One here and Part Two here.

Part Two has a useful list of ten pieces of advice to parents about how they can help their child, and the might be worth sharing with parents (though you might want to make modifications). Here are six of them:

Make school a priority and insist on perfect attendance and punctuality.

Trust the school, model respect for teachers and staff, and work cooperatively with the school.

Ask your child what they learned at school every day.

Read with your child or have him or her read to you every day and talk about what you’ve read.

Create a study routine. Set a time and quiet place for your child to work every day. Go over homework together and insist that it gets completed before television, internet or games.

Make sure your child gets plenty of sleep each school night.