Tapping the potential of parents
Subtitle: a strategic guide to boosting student achievement through family Involvement
By: Patricia A. Edwards.
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780545074773
Subjects: Education -- Parent participation -- United States; Parent-teacher relationships -- United States; School improvement programs -- United States
Notes: This breakthrough book features concrete strategies that foster strong family-school partnerships which, in turn, help guarantee student success. The strategies, which enable teachers to interact with diverse families, include class and school demographic profiles, parenting contracts, parent vision statements, and parent informant literacy groups. Home-school communication and cooperation are lifelines that will improve the academic achievement of all children regardless of race or economic status, cultural or linguistic background.

K-6