NHSA Dialog, which is published by the National Head Start Association and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, have recently published an issue entirely devoted to Parent Involvement and Engagement In Head Start. It looks exhaustive — there’s so much there I can’t imagine there’s much more out there on the topic. I’m adding […]
Here’s a short parent engagement video from Head Start that’s worth a look….
Head Start has a series of downloadable flyers in their Importance of Home Language Series that are in English and Spanish. They’re useful for educators and for parents. I’m adding it to: The Best Multilingual Resources For Parents The Best Ideas On How Parents Can Help Their Kids Succeed Academically
I’ve published a number of posts about Head Start’s efforts to engage parents. A new article about its home visiting program has just been published, Head Start casts parents in educator’s role, and it’s worth a read….
Two new studies were just released examining Head Start. They were mixed in some areas, but positive about its effect on parent engagement. Here’s an excerpt from a summary: One of the studies, by the nonprofit Mathematica Policy Research, found that parents of children enrolled in Head Start became more engaged in teaching their children […]
Parent Involvement One of the Most Enduring Benefits of the Head Start Program is the headline of a post that begins: Recent research released by Alexander Gelber and Adam Isen at the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania suggests that increased parent involvement in a child’s life is one of the most enduring benefits of the […]
Study: Head Start Programs May Increase Parents’ Involvement is a short blog post at Education Week about a new….study. It might be worth a look…
Why Schools Can’t Talk About Family Engagement Without Talking About Race is from Ed Surge. How to Support Your Child’s Social-Emotional Health: 8 Tips for Families – available in sixteen languages. #DYK? Home language support is the foundation for developing English language skills. Find tips classroom staff and home visitors can use when they do […]
I’ve shared a number of reports on a recent Migration Policy Institute report on engaging immigrant parents. I don’t think it shares anything that is particularly new to educators who work with immigrant students and their families, but it does bring a lot of useful information together in one place. Here are analyses of the […]
The barriers keeping immigrant parents from getting involved in their kids’ education is the headline of a Vox article on the recent Migration Policy Institute report I posted about yesterday. It pretty much goes over the same points those other pieces shared – except for how it ended: But the report doesn’t mention the elephant […]
The Brookings Institution reports on a new study titled The Parenting Gap. It seems to have a fair amount of useful information, and I agree with a number of its observations and conclusions, including this one: Current U.S. policy is slanted toward supplementing the efforts of parents, with programs such as Head Start, rather than […]
This is from The Cultural Orientation Resource Center: The HHS Administration for Children and Families Office of Head Start (OHS) has a number of resources that support refugee families. The handbook, Raising Young Children in a New Country: Supporting Early Learning and Healthy Development, focuses on refugee families and the parenting of children from the […]
Head Start recently published quite a compilation of recent research related to parent involvement and pre-school youth. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Pre-School Parent Engagement.
Earlier this week, I posted about what I considered to be an extraordinarily important study on parent engagement (see Must-Read Report: “What Roles Do Parent Involvement, Family Background, and Culture Play in Student Motivation?”). Based on the wide popularity of that post, many people agreed with my assessment. Now, purely by chance, I’ve come upon […]
I forgot to include an important site in The Best Resources On Pre-School Parent Engagement — The National Center On Parent, Family and Community Engagement. Here is how the website describes its purpose: The National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement will identify, develop and disseminate evidence-based best practices associated with the development of […]
I have many “Best” lists on multiple aspects of parent engagement, but thought with all the recent talk about expanding early education, a list on pre-school parent engagement would be useful. You can see all my parent engagement “Best” lists here. Here are my choices for The Best Resources On Pre-School Parent Engagement: Preschools Aim […]
Online and hard-copy resources can be useful aids in helping to engage parents, though I’d suggest that they be used by educators as openings to initiate genuine conversations — not as ends in themselves. I thought readers might find a collection of what I think are decent multilingual resources that could be used in this […]
Guest Post by Joe Mazza Upcoming #PTchat: J.Michael Hall Joins #PTchat to Share Ideas on How to Engage Dads in Education Wed., 5/23 9PM EDT What Father Can Do at Home, School & In the Community Fathers can initiate or participate in activities that help their children succeed academically. Helping children learn can increase success in […]
I’ve found several good resources ideas on how parents can best help their children learn (including ideas on how to best respond to problems their children are having in school), and decided to bring them together in one post. You can see all my parent engagement-related “The Best” lists here. Here are my picks for […]
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 […]