Meaning Parental Involvement in Schools

Posted by on February 28, 2004

[posted from Public Education Network newsblast]

MAKING THE CASE FOR MORE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOLS
Meaningful parental involvement in schools is more important than ever — and now it means a lot more than helping with homework or working at bake sales. Making the case for a greater role for parents and practical advice on how to make it happen in every school provide the focus of a new report from the Center for Parent Leadership at the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence and KSA-Plus Communications. The Case for Parent Leadership “helps create a new definition of what parents need to be able to do when they work with schools,” said Bev Raimondo, director of the Center for Parent Leadership. The report, noting the national push for academic proficiency by 2014, contends that the goal will not be reached without a major increase in parental involvement in schools. “Thirty years of research studies show that when parents are engaged in their children’s learning, their children do better in school — and the schools get better. School improvement programs must take this research into account.”

http://www.centerforparentleadership.org/products.htm