(Please note: These normal procedures may be modified during COVID-19 protocols.) We believe that family participation is an integral part of building a sustainable community for learning and growth.

In my previous post, I highlighted what I characterized as the difference between parent involvement and parent engagement. Involvement, I suggested, was more of a “doing to” while engagement leaned ...

An Australian study in the Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools is the latest in a pile of evidence suggesting that, while parental involvement in education is generally helpful, ...

Elmwood Park schools graded generally well in a semiannual survey that asks students, staff and parents about the culture, climate and efficacy of the respective building their children attend. But ...

I think it peculiar that the federal Department of Education requires schools to establish meaningful parent engagement strategies as a condition of receiving federal funds, but the California ...

Kwand Lang, principal at Shaw Middle School in Southwest has become recognized for community meetings and the efforts of the school’s administrators to reach out to the parents of students. “Here, it ...

When people who write about agriculture or dentistry tackle the important issues in their respective fields, do they try to shake things up? Are they feisty and willing to peer beneath the surface of ...

The best child care programs make an active effort to keep parents informed and involved. Because parents are so busy and have lots of other demands on their time, programs often have multiple ways of ...

A local parent participation program held a final in-person rendezvous this week. Staff with the Adult School at San Luis Coastal Unified School District organized the event while keeping social ...

The Sunnyvale School District’s Family Engagement Program was recognized by the California School Boards Association (CSBA) for strengthening partnerships with underrepresented families, including ...

Twenty-two states, including Colorado, that have not banned abortion still do require those under age 18 to involve their parents before terminating a pregnancy. Their only other option: to seek ...