Presents three short articles from elementary teachers with classroom ideas: hosting a poetry spectacular; parents, buddy journals, and reader response; and a format for class sharing that incorporates practice of letter/sound correspondence. (SR)

Discusses student-led parent conferences at Metcalf Laboratory School. Finds that students can learn how to reflect on their learning, evaluate their progress, and communicate this information to their parents in a conference situation. Concludes that students were empowered and that student-led conferences were a good way to use guided…

Parental satisfaction is critical to the politics of school reform. Many charter school advocates have no qualms in talking about a charter school movement, linking charter schools to a larger political effort to reform the system of education in the United States. If this movement is to have traction, parents who are satisfied with their…

TOP High School (Transitional Option in Peoria) has just completed its first year of operation. The vision of TOP is to become one of the best schools of hope and opportunity in the nation. The staff recognizes there is no such designation, so the vision statement is designed to capture the imagination and attention of students, parents,…

Noting that there is a strong relationship between homework and academic achievement, this paper presents suggestions that can help with the homework process. The paper offers a list of 12 basic things parents can do to provide the needed support, a list of 4 things parents should do, and a list of 5 things parents should not do concerning their…

This document consists of the 12 issues of "Parent News" (an electronic Internet magazine for parents, prepared for the National Parent Information Network) published during 1997. Each monthly issue contains feature articles describing the activities of the National Parent Information Network, summarizing research useful to parents,…

This study examined the impact of maternal employment upon the academic achievement of adolescents, particularly girls, since there is an essential research void in this area. (Author/RK)

This article stressed the importance of constant constructive communication between parents, teachers and students as a means towards building a relationship of trust, understanding and fulfillment in the special class. (Editor/RK)

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin and Stanford University conducted a study as part of the Madison National Center on Effective Secondary Schools. Based on findings from their study and on other research, this publication provides the following 10 tips addressed directly to parents and administrators desiring to help teenagers meet the…

Students and parents are offered advice in this booklet on how to make the most of homework. The booklet first reviews the basic reasons for assigning homework: homework helps students learn better and faster, helps families become involved with education, communicates the school's high expectations, and helps students develop self-discipline and…

A survey was conducted to determine student-parent attitudes toward non-academic University regulations and entering students' preparation for self-regulation. Questionnaires were completed by currently enrolled undergraduate students, their parents, and parents of freshmen planning to enroll at the University in the fall of 1969. Current student…

Argues against the automatic inclusion of homework as part of each student's educational responsibility. States that young people want--and have a "right"--to have time to reflect and to think about what they are doing, to be relieved of school pressures, to have time to do what they want, to do independent work of their choosing, and to obtain…

Tips are presented for teachers to write letters to parents to encourage their participation in their child's writing program, and suggestions are also listed for parents to help improve their child's writing skills. (CB)

Suggestions are presented for parents who wish to build reading habits in their young children. Several books for beginning readers, first-grade readers, and second-grade readers are suggested. (CB)

Investigates parents' comprehension of psychological reports. As in an earlier study with teachers, it was found that parents better comprehended reports that organize information by functional domain, that describe strengths and problems in clear behavioural terms, that describe the child's learning style fully, and that state specific and…