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ERIC Number: EJ585635
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Making Parents Partners in the Placement Process.
Yonezawa, Susan; Oakes, Jeannie
Educational Leadership, v56 v7 p33-36 Apr 1999
Schools' course structures and policies allow some families to garner the best educational resources. To treat all students fairly, schools must recognize privileged parents' racial/class motivations, infuse academic talk into informal networks, acknowledge "invisible" parents' aspirations, demolish communication barriers, and encourage advocacy for everyone's kids. (10 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Child Advocacy, Course Selection (Students), Elementary Secondary Education, Honors Curriculum, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Middle Class Parents, Parent Background, Parent Participation, Racial Bias, School Policy, Student Placement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Equality (Social); Fairness