Arizona At-Risk Pilot Project results suggest most effective means to involve parents are
those that establish personal rapport between someone from the school and a parent and …

It is no secret that strong parental involvement is essential for school success. Yet, it is still a
challenge to get parents more involved in their children's education. According to the most …

The staff at Emerson School in Rosemead, California, believe the keys to parent
involvement are appropriate recognition and constant communication concerning students' …

Designed to help parents and teachers think beyond the ordinary ways in which parent-
family involvement in education is considered and approached, this book describes 34 …

Discusses practices of several schools in the area of parent involvement. Five types of
involvement are identified:(1) basic parental obligations,(2) basic school obligations,(3) …

From 1986 to 1988, the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory sought to identify
and describe the characteristics of promising parent involvement programs in their five-state …

A Key to Successful Schools Page 1 71 Working Together for Students Parental Involvement: A
Key to Successful Schools By Gérard Coulombe Gérard Coulombe, retired, was …

Explains two phases of Tennessee's statewide efforts to strengthen parent-school
partnerships. One phase I program is based on Purkey's" Invitational Education" concept …

This ERIC Digest asserts that parent involvement is critical in facilitating children's
development and achievement and in preventing and remedying educational and …

This article identifies parent involvement programs as an important part of elementary
education and describes the Follow Through educational model as one type of program with …