Education Week reports on a new survey that finds most teachers want more involvement from the parents of their students (see Survey: Most Teachers Want Involved Parents But Don’t Have Them). Unfortunately, it didn’t really define what “parent involvement” was and it doesn’t appear they broke down the responses by income-level of the schools where […]
The 2012 Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, test results were releases this past week, and you can read all about it at The Best Posts & Articles On 2012 PISA Test Results. I thought readers of this blog might be particularly interested in a couple of passages from two of their reports related […]
California parents on school participation is a new article in The San Francisco Chronicle. Here are some excerpts on the unsurprising results of a new survey: Wealthy parents are more likely to make cookies for bake sales, volunteer in classrooms and be otherwise involved in their children’s schools than lower-income mothers and fathers. That’s the […]
Bullying is parents’ big fear as children start secondary school, survey finds is an article in the Guardian reporting on a recent survey. It’s subtitled: Parents say bullying is greater concern than alcohol, while children themselves worry most about making the right friends It might be worth a look….
Thanks to Joe Mazza, I just learned about the new Parent and Family Involvement in Education, from the National Household Education Surveys Program of 2012 report from The U.S. Department of Education. I might have missed something, but I didn’t find it very interesting or useful. Except for one result: One percent of students in […]
I’ve previously posted about concerns I have related to Harvard working with SurveyMonkey to help school districts do parent surveys (see I’m A Bit Wary Of Harvard’s Plan For Online Parent Surveys). I guess they’ve actually begun putting their plan into action, starting in Nashville. Read about it in the Nashville Business Journal’s article, Metro […]
Pernille Ripp just published a parent end of year survey she does with parents of her students every year. It’s a good idea. She does it online, but it can also be done with pen-and-paper. Of course, even though I think the vast majority of parents are equally committed to the well-being and success of […]
The annual MetLife Survey of The American Teacher just came out. Here are a few findings related to parent engagement: More than seven in 10 educators identify addressing the individual needs of diverse learners (83% of principals; 78% of teachers) and engaging parents and the community in improving education for students (72% of principals; 73% […]
In Education Week’s new article, Harvard, SurveyMonkey Offer Tool to Weigh Parent Engagement, the school and company announce a plan for school districts to use an online service to “measure the quality of parent-school relationships.” Even though they also briefly mention the service could incorporate paper versions of such a poll, and even though respected […]
The Corporation for National and Community Service in partnership with the National Conference on Citizenship has just released the results of a survey of parent volunteering in schools. I learned about it from the Hartford Courant, which is where this graphic was originally published. You can also learn more about the study here.
Hot on the heels of a survey of British parents, Parenting Magazine and the National Education Association have announced the results of a survey of U.S. parents and teachers. You can read a full summary at Survey finds parent-teacher relationships strong–Teachers given grade of “A.” Here’s how it begins: Parenting magazine and the National Education […]
The BBC just published the results of a survey of British parents’ attitudes toward school (see Parents ‘more involved in children’s schools’). Here’s how it begins: Parents believe they are more involved in their children’s education than their own parents were – and that children now have more opportunities in school, suggests a survey. The […]
The annual “MetLife Survey of the American Teacher” was released today. You can read all about it at my main blog, but I thought I’d share an excerpt from their summary that relates to parent involvement/engagement: And levels of parent engagement have increased: Levels of engagement between parents and schools have seen marked improvement over […]
Districts Use Web Polls to Survey Parents on Hot Topics is an article in Education Week about schools using online polling tools. There are obviously a lot of concerns with doing something like this, not least of which being many families can’t afford computers or Internet access. Some school officials raise those concerns within the […]
Part Two Of The MetLife Survey Of The American Teacher has just been released. I posted earlier this month about Part One of the survey — see The Saddest School-Related Statistic I’ve Heard In Awhile…. I’m just going to share one item from Part Two that stands-out for me. For further thoughts on the report, […]
I’m a big advocate of teachers making visits to their students’ homes, and include a chapter on the nationally-acclaimed Parent Teacher Home Visit Project in my book. In fact, I’m doing an interview with Carrie Rose, its director, that will appear in this blog next month. Scholastic and the Gates Foundation recently released a report […]
Making the Most of Parent-Teacher Conferences During Distance Learning is from Edutopia. Equity-Based Family Engagement is from The Teaching Channel. *NEW WP* Promoting Parental Involvement in Schools: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments ✍️Felipe Barrera-Osorio (@felbarrera), Paul Gertler (@paul_gertler), Nozomi Nakajima (@nozominaka) & Harry Patrinos (@hpatrinos) https://t.co/EzfRgl27le pic.twitter.com/WvsoLQrBth — Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) […]
This is the big thing you’ll see consistently in parent surveys: direct and open communication is key. So, when we talk about teacher’s being overburdened by the challenges of COVID-19, what we’re really talking about are the obstacles to communicating with each child & parent. https://t.co/Jw21pA2NI2 — Jonathan E. Collins (@ProfJonCollins) July 28, 2020 “I […]
Personal Touch Beats Technology for Parent-School Communication, Survey Finds is from Ed Week. Home Visits Are Effective. Here’s Why They Still Make Some Teachers Uneasy. is from Ed Surge. Interesting new descriptive study out by @amprog @EdProgress that suggests we are making some progress on improving school communication with parents.https://t.co/OUCnIbc2C3 Great overview in @educationweek w/ […]
Neighborhood tours featured in teacher orientation https://t.co/6YgTMHSnHU — Jana Echevarria, PhD (@Jechev) September 14, 2019 Parents/Guardians! Take our family engagement surveyhttps://t.co/NHHbx7QaCO — Sac City Unified (@officialSCUSD) September 14, 2019 Dear Educators, Do not write off parents, particularly those of color, who do not attend Open House. Many are managing multiple jobs, young children, and other […]