Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g3TCs3u02171; Mon, 29 Apr 2002 08:54:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 08:54:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <NCBBKFFJMKFIFAGAFGNEMEBPDBAA.jlee@famlit.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Jon Lee" <jlee@famlit.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1033] Some resources X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 3184 Lines: 73 Home Visiting: Home Visiting; Reaching Babies and Families "Where They Live" A report of the best available information from 20 years of research and practice on home visiting. Zero to Three, http://zerotothree.org/ or call 800.899.4301 The Future of Children: Home Visiting; Recent Program Evaluations, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Vol. 9, Number 1. Spring / Summer 1999, http://www.futureofchildren.org/pubs-info2825/pubs-info.htm?doc_id=70386 then go to the publications page for other great documents! Parental Involvement: Parent Partners: Workshops to Foster School / Home / Family Partnerships, Jacqueline Barber with Lynn Barakos and Lincoln Bergman, University of California at Berkeley, 2000 Oldie but goodie... Strong Families, Strong Schools; Building Community Partnerships for Learning, USDOE, September, 1994 Lally, Lerner & Lurie-Hurvitz, 2001 (Zero to Three) National Survey reveals gaps in the public's and parents' knowledge about early childhood development. Young Children, 56 (2), 49-53. Efforts by Public K-8 Schools Involve Parents in Children's Education: Do School and Parents Agree?: Statistical Analysis Report, September 2001 NCES 2001-076 Answers two major questions: Do children's parents acknowledge the efforts that schools reportedly are making? and Do schools report the same level of parent participation in school programs as parents do? This report compares parents' and schools' views of how schools involve parents in their children's education and how parents respond to the opportunities for involvement that schools provide. The findings can assist policymakers, educators, researchers, and school staff in their future efforts to evaluate parents' involvement in their children's education. 10/22/2001 http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001076 Family Involvement in Children's Education: Successful Local Approaches: An Idea Book: Abridged Version MIS 2001-6503 Describes how some schools and their communities have overcome key barriers--finding the time, increasing their information about each other, bridging school-family differences, improving schools, and tapping external supports--to strengthen school-family partnerships. This Idea Book is based on case studies of 20 successful education programs around the country. 07/23/2001 Check it out at http://ed.gov/about/pubs.jsp Parent / Teacher Conferences How to Make Parent-Teacher Conferences Work for Your Child Tools You Can Use, part of helpfrom.nea.org, NEA's newest web area devoted to helping adults who work with students. This section, which falls under Connecting Schools, Families, and Communities, provides tools that teachers can print out and share http://www.nea.org/helpfrom/connecting/tools/ptconf.html go to The Regional Educational Laboratory Program is the U.S. Department of Education for a great search page! http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/labs.html I hope I can grow up to be like all of you! Jon Lee Training Specialist NIFL-Family list moderator National Center for Family Literacy 325 West Main St, Suite 300 Louisville, KY 40202-4237 Phone: 502.584.1133 x175 Fax: 502.584.0172 jlee@famlit.org http://www.famlit.org
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