Parent Resource Links
- Parent: Family Involvement (16)
- American Association of Family and Consumer Scienc...
Center for Parent Leadership has trained parents from all income levels and background. The focus has been to assume leadership roles to help educators make and sustain needed improvements in schools. - Center for the Development of Schools and Communit...
CDSC works in three interrelated areas. First, to improve student academic achievement; the focus is upon high expectations and effective practices. Secondly, CDSC helps schools establish and maintain mutually suportive working relationsships with parents, extended family networks, and the immediate community. The third area is the design, implementationa nd evaluation of policy and programs to meet specific needs of classroom, sites and districts. - Communities in Schools
Communities in Schools, Inc. is the nation's leading dropout prevention organization, with nearly 1.4 million young people annually receiving direct services through about 200 local and state affiliates in 26 states and the District of columbia. - Embrace Diverse Schools
Embrace Diverse Schools works with schools and communities to build partnerhsips with parents of diverse backgrounds. Tailored strategies help educators connect with all families, value their unique strengths, and empower them to become informed allies in their child's success. - Family Friendly Schools
Family Friendly Schools is an organization deicated to helping all schools provide explicit interventions to engage families in promoting their children's learning. - First Day Foundation
The First Day Foundation seeks to increase and enhance family and community involvement in education. First Day does this by promoting grassroots type family involvement programs at the local level, anchored by a school-based celebration of education on the first day of each new school year. - Harvard Family Research Project
The Harvard Family Reaserach Project conducts research about programs and policies that serve children and families throughout the United States. Publishing and disseminating its research widely, HFRP plays a vital role in examining and encouraging programs and policies that enable families and communitieis to help children reach their potential. - KSA-Plus Communications
KSA-Plus communications is the nation's leading firm in helping education and community leaders build the public support necessary for high-achieving schools. KSA-Plus consults and provides technical assistance to help schools develop parent leadership programs and strengthen parent involvement. - MegaSkills Education Center of the Home and School...
The focus of HSI and its MegaSkills Education Center is to enable schools to help teacher and families build children's achievement in school and beyond. Family literacy and the needs of at-risk students are fundamental Institute concerns. - National Center for Family and Community connectio...
The National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools, created by the United States Department of Education, helps take research into practice to connect schools, families, and communities. The Center shares information and best practices related to family and community connections. - National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Educa...
At NCPIE, our mission is simple: to advocate the involvement of parents and families in their children's education, and to foster relationships between home, school, and community to enhance the education of all our nation's young people. How We Make a Difference Our coalition seeks to: Serve as a visible representative for strong parent and family involvement initiatives at the national level. Conduct activities that involve the coalition's member organizations and their affiliates and constituencies in efforts to increase family involvement. Provide resources and legislative information that can help member organizations promote parent and family involvement. - National Educational Service
NES helps educators and others who work with youth create safe and caring schools and communities where all children succeed. NES provides resources such as books, training series, conferences, and professional development opportunities. - National Parent Teacher Association
Research shows that family involvement promotes student success. When families, schools, and communities work together students learn more, - Parent Institute
The mission of The Parent Institute is to encourage parent involvement in the education of their children. The Institute publishes a variety of materials for parents to help them help their children in school including newsletter, booklets, brochures, audio booklets, videos, and web content. - Parent Involvement Resource Center
The PIRC is your one-stop resource center if … … You are a parent or guardian — and want your child to do well in every grade and get the best education possible — the PIRC in your state can help you. … You are a principal or teacher — and want families to be strong partners in meeting the challenges of the No Child Left Behind legislation - the PIRC in your state can help you. … You are a parent leader or a parent involvement specialist -and want to equip families with the right skills to support their children's learning and to be informed consumers of education — the PIRC in your state can help you. The U.S. Department of Education created the first PIRCs in 1995 to provide parents, schools and organizations working with families with training, information, and technical assistance to understand how children develop and what they need to succeed in school. Today, more than 70 PIRCs operate in almost all of the states across the nation. They work closely with parents, educators and community organizations to strengthen partnerships so that children can reach high academic standards. - Parent-U-Turn
Parent-U-Turn is a non-profit organization that has assisted first generation, liguistically-diverse, and low income immigrant families to better navigate schools and work toward higher education. Parent-U-Turn has trained hundreds of parents about school structure, policies, and special education. They have developed tools to empower parents to evaluate the conditions of the education their children receive.
- American Association of Family and Consumer Scienc...
- Parent Literacy (2)
- National Center for Family Literacy
The mission of the National Center for Family Literacy is to create educational and economic opportunties for the most at-risk children and their parents. NCFL advances and supports family literacy services for families across the U.S. through pprogramming, training, advocacy, and dissemination of information about family literacy. - Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets is a national r eading initiative that looks at how young kids learn to read, why many struggle and how we can help them. It provides research-based tools and strategies to educators, parents, and anyone who cares about children. It includes websites, television programs, and other resources.
- National Center for Family Literacy
