Engaging Parents In School…

Public School Insights is a blog about schools that I have praised a lot on my other blog. It’s sponsored by The Learning First Alliance, which is made-up of many national education organizations, including national associations of teachers, administrators, and school boards.

I was honored yesterday when Claus von Zastrow, LFA’s Director, praised our book on parent engagement.

Thanks, Claus!

Here’s a great post from Patrick Larkin, a high school principal in Massachusetts, with an answer to that question.

It’s a good “read.”

The labor federation AFL-CIO’s blog just wrote a post titled Report: Helping Latina Students Succeed Helps Us All.

It highlights a recent research report on the Latina drop-out rate that includes this recommendation:

Schools should develop and implement—and federal, state and local governments should fund—parent involvement initiatives for the parents of Latino students, and ensure that Latino parents are made to feel welcome at school.

The Prince George’s County Public Schools has a nice blog called Parental Engagement with PGCPS. Even though it’s obviously geared towards school district parents, many of their posts contain information useful to anyone interested in exploring how schools can better connect with parents.

It’s published by the District’s Department of Family And Community Outreach.

Whatever It Takes is the title of a recent book about the Harlem Children’s Zone (you can see my thoughts and questions about the Zone here).

I just learned that its author, Paul Tough, has a blog that supports the book and provides updates on the Zone (and its proposed national expansion).

One of the posts provided a link to an extensive “This American Life” radio report on the Zone.

Thanks to Tim Lauer for the tip.