NEA Today had an excellent article on the now infamous “Broken Compass” book questioning the value of parent involvement. It quotes Anne Henderson, probably THE parent engagement/involvement expert in the United States. Here’s a portion of what she had to say: Anne T. Henderson, a senior consultant at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform and a […]
Anne Henderson, one of the top — if not THE top — expert on parent engagement in the U.S., is leading a free Webinar this Tuesday. Here’s the information that I’m copying and pasting from the National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education: Free Webinar, April 22: High-Impact Strategies to Engage Families & Enhance Student […]
Anne Henderson has been researching parent involvement/engagement strategies for many years, and we cite several of her research findings in our book. She is also the co-author of Beyond the Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family-School Partnerships. I’ll be interviewing her for this blog in the coming months. She provided testimony to the United […]
Earlier this month, the Annenberg Institute for School Reform announced the formation of the Center for Education Organizing. This is how they describe their purpose: …the center will focus on providing policy and strategic support to community organizations that increases the capacity of low- to moderate-income parents and students of color to lead and participate […]
As regular readers know, I’m a big fan of — and our school and local union is a very active participant in — The Parent Teacher Home Visit Project (see The Best Resources For Learning About Teacher Home Visits). They recently had their national conference, and I invited Carrie Rose from the Project to write […]
Madison School District opens schools to students’ parents as way to engage families is a nice article about what schools in Madison, Wisconsin are doing to promote family engagement. It’s a good size piece. Here’s an excerpt: Anne Henderson, a consultant for the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, helped develop family engagement […]
Don’t Help Your Kids With Their Homework is the title of an article that appeared a few weeks ago in The Atlantic. It was written by Dana Goldstein. It describes research shared in a new book, The Broken Compass:Parental Involvement With Children’s Education by two professors which, at least according to Dana Goldstein, questions most […]
Five hundred people are attending the National Family Engagement Conference in Cincinnati, which began today. You can read a pretty good overview of it at Education Week. Here are a few selected tweets that came out of the conference this afternoon: RT @Joe_Mazza: Anne Henderson starts by identifying new research on impact of stdnt learning […]
Here’s some exciting news from The Institute For Educational Leadership. I’m just going to reprint their official announcement: Wednesday night #PTchats Every week beginning August 21 at 9 pm Eastern Time , Dr. Joe Mazza (@Joe_Mazza), Penn State Graduate School of Education Innovation Coach and Principal of Knapp Elementary School in Lansdale, PA, will lead […]
How To Connect With Families is a useful article in the summer issue of ASCD Educational Leadership. It’s by well-known parent engagement research Anne Henderson and Melissa Whipple. It includes some excellent suggestions. I’m adding it to The Best Sources Of Parent Engagement Advice For Teachers.
Anne Henderson, the well-known researcher on parent involvement, is making a presentation to the National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE) today, and was gracious enough to share her PowerPoint presentation. She describes her presentation as: a short update on important new research, including a study from Great Britain that shows dramatic gains for […]
I’ve posted a number of videos related to parent engagement over the years, and I thought that it would be useful to collect the best ones in one post. You can find links to all my parent engagement “Best” lists here. Here are my choices for The Best Videos On Parent Engagement: The Annenberg Institute […]
It’s O.K. to Skip That Bake Sale is good article on parent involvement that strangely appears in the Fashion and Style section of The New York Times. It provides recommendations from two key parent involvement researchers — Anne Henderson and Joyce Epstein — and the founder of KIPP charter schools. The tone of the article […]
Title 1 And Parent Involvement: Lessons From The Past, Recommendations For The Future is a new report from The Center For American Progress, and is written by Karen Mapp. If it’s written by Karen Mapp, then you know it’s worth reading! She, along with Anne Henderson, are the two top researchers in the field.
Late last year, the National Education Association released an important report on parent engagement (you can see my previous post on it — Important Report On Parent Engagement Released Today). On Thursday, March 29th, Anne Henderson, the author of the report and the top researcher on parent engagement in the U.S., will be leading a […]
There are lots of ideas out there about effective parent engagement/involvement. Here are a few resources that provide useful overviews of the field. You might also be interested in seeing all my parent engagement-related “The Best” lists here. Here are my choices for The Best Overviews Of Parent Engagement: Involvement or Engagement? is the title […]
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 […]
I’ve posted many resources providing parent engagement for teachers, and thought I’d bring them all together in a “The Best….” list. The resources listed here provide practical advice to teachers. You can see all my parent engagement-related “The Best” lists here. Here are my picks for The Best Sources Of Parent Engagement Advice For Teachers: […]
An Indianapolis newspapers has just run an article about an understandably frustrated teacher who want the state to mandate parent involvement in schools using the “stick” approach (I’ve previously posted about the dangers of that approach in Teachers Have Got To Stop Blaming Parents). Thankfully, the reporter also contacted renowned parent involvement researcher Anne Henderson. […]
Building Local Leadership for Change: A National Scan of Parent Leadership Training Programs is the title of an important new report just published by the Annenberg Institute For School Reform. Here’s a short summary from them: The New York Senate recently authorized the City University of New York to create and operate a Parent Training […]