Urgent Message: Families Crucial to School Reform.

Autor/inn/en	Lewis, Anne C.; Henderson, Anne T.
Institution	Center for Law and Education, Washington, DC.
Titel	Urgent Message: Families Crucial to School Reform.
Quelle	(1997), (117 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-912585-16-1
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Case Studies; Change Strategies; Educational Change; Educational Improvement; Elementary Secondary Education; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Social Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsreform; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Sozialer Wandel
Abstract	This report contends that the school reform movement--seemingly well-constructed from a distance--is failing to change in a significant way what and how students learn. This is because it lacks a solid foundation built from the ground up and an informed and active school community, including parents. Using case studies the report examines various reform strategies and presents ways to include parents in change. The key ways parents and families are engaged in school reform are: 1) pushing the system, e.g., pressing for higher standards and an effective system of accountability, insisting on high quality public schools, and creating alternative public schools if the local schools fail; 2) helping design local school improvement, e.g., sitting on school improvement committees, monitoring results, and checking student work to ensure it reflects both high standards and high performance; and 3) taking part in the parent involvement opportunities created by the reforms, e.g., participating in school governance councils that set policy, helping more parents to become actively engaged in the school, and attending staff development sessions. Appendices include research and reference material, and a table of parent-involvement provisions. (RJM)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01