These schools demonstrate how the kinds of changes advocated by the education reform community can provide LEP students with equal access to an academic program of high quality. In contrast to many other schools around the country, in which LEP students remain isolated from efforts to improve teaching and learning, these schools have been able to include all students, regardless of their proficiency in English, in an intellectually challenging course of study. Other booklets in this series focus on Language Development , Curriculum and Instruction , and School Organization . This booklet describes the efforts of these schools to involve the parents of LEP students in their children's education. Schools demonstrate respect for the parents of their students .
Schools provide social services to students and their families .
Schools are educational resources for parents as well as children . Schools make efforts to inform and involve parents . Parents are enlisted as partners in their children's education . Parents are involved in the governance of the school . Parent involvement is a two-way street .