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An Action Plan for Creating Effective Schools

An Action Plan for Creating Effective Schools

A basic plan of action can help education leaders ensure success for all students.

Today’s school leaders are challenged to ensure their schools are effective—providing a quality education for every student—but they must do that with fewer resources than in the past. They need an...
Author: Kenneth Cummings
Number of views (68520)/Comments (2)/
Topics: Leadership
Tags: Parent InvolvementStudent Achievement

Empathetic Consciousness

­­If there is one adolescent trait that I value and quite frankly bet on every time, it is that adolescents are among the most resilient creatures on earth. This resilience is catalytic in their growth, and in helping...
Author: Jeffrey Rothstein
Number of views (63266)/Comments (2)/
Topics: Bullying/School SafetyFamily and Community
Tags: Parent Involvement

What's Best for Kids? Tips for Parents

The first tip is thinking ahead... One of our best tools as parents is being prepared. As your son or daughter gets to the middle school years, get ready for at least occasional conflicts. Think through what is truly...
Author: Judith Baenen
Number of views (61330)/Comments (2)/
Topics: Family and CommunityYoung Adolescent Development
Tags: Parent Involvement

Building and Bragging: Celebrating Your Middle School

Developing relationships with parents and community members is critical to building support for your school. But mailing home a newsletter and making an occasional call to a media outlet isn't nearly enough. Educators...
Author: Randy Jensen
Number of views (61132)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Family and CommunityLeadershipSchool Culture/Climate
Tags: Parent Involvement

Service-Learning

Research Summary

Service-learning is a teaching and learning method that connects meaningful, community service experiences with academic learning, personal growth, and civic responsibility (Shumer & Duckenfield, 2004). Learning...
Author: Shirley Theriot
Number of views (52465)/Comments (1)/
Topics: CurriculumFamily and CommunitySchool Culture/Climate
Tags: Student EngagementStudent MotivationParent InvolvementService LearningResearch SummaryCommunity Involvement

Habla con ellos—Talk to them: Latinas/os, achievement, and the middle grades

Moving bilingual children beyond subordinated categories toward full engagement in relevant and authentic learning that embraces their communities.

Our faculty in the Education Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte often spends time discussing issues we see within our middle grades program, including with our undergraduate teacher candidates...
Author: Spencer Salas, Jeanneine P. Jones, Theresa Perez, Paul G. Fitchett, & Scott Kissau
Number of views (51492)/Comments (0)/
Topics: ELL/ESL/ESOL
Tags: Student EngagementMultilingual/MulticulturalParent InvolvementStudent AchievementCommunity Involvement

Build a Productive Parent-Teacher Team

The last United States Census reported that young adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in the care of someone other than their parents. Couple this with adolescents' growing need for independence, and...
Author: Joe Bruzzese
Number of views (46294)/Comments (4)/
Topics: Family and CommunityLeadership
Tags: Parent Involvement
Improving Collaboration

Improving Collaboration

Strong family-school collaboration can help all students succeed.

Decades of research confirms that positive parental involvement is critical for students’ success in school, and federal policy mandates effective programs at all school levels; however, parent involvement often...
Author: Darcy J. Hutchins
Number of views (45686)/Comments (3)/
Topics: Family and CommunityLeadership
Tags: Parent Involvement

Parents' Relationships and Involvement: Effects on Students' School Engagement and Performance

This study focused on parents' relationships and involvement in their children's lives and the effects on the students' school engagement and school performance. The study used the Wave I data from the National...
Author: Yun Mo, Kusum Singh
Number of views (45470)/Comments (2)/
Topics: Family and CommunityResearch
Tags: Student EngagementParent Involvement

Student-Led Conferences: Involving the Most Important Player

"Your son's average is a low C. His grade is not as high as it should be, primarily because he is not turning in his homework, and I am not sure he is studying for tests. I was hoping you could shed some light on...
Author: Shawn A. Faulkner and Christopher M. Cook
Number of views (44939)/Comments (0)/
Topics: AssessmentTeaching
Tags: Parent InvolvementStudent-led Conferences
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