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ERIC Number: EJ311761
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Parent Participation in the Schools: Are the Benefits Worth the Burdens?
Johnston, Marilyn; Slotnik, Joanne
Phi Delta Kappan, v66 n6 p430-33 Feb 1985
Parent participation in elementary school classrooms provides teachers with a valuable and varied resource, but also requires deeper teacher involvement in students' private lives and skill in managing time. The growth of a parent participation program in Salt Lake City, Utah, proves such programs can succeed. (PGD)
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Education, Nontraditional Education, Parent Participation, Parent Role, Parent School Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Salt Lake City Open Classroom Program; Salt Lake City School District UT