Here are some items I hope you will have time to take a look at.

Research and Resources

The U.S. Department of Education has taped live educational workshops on
research-based practices and converted them to online courses. They are
designed so teachers can experience on-demand professional  
development in
specific content areas to increase their knowledge and skills for  
improving
student achievement. Handouts, follow-up activities, links to Web sites,
listings of journal articles and related reference books are provided  
for
each workshop.
http://www.paec.org/teacher2teacher/abouttheinitiative.asp


"Parents' Reports of School Practices to Provide Information to  
Families:
1996 and 2003"
This report from the National Center for Education Statistics  
examines the
information schools send home to parents and the frequency of parent
participation in school. Results show that school-family  
communication and
parent involvement are positively related.
www.nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006041.pdf


Research Digest from FINE: "Family Support Services Promote School
Readiness"
This study demonstrates that a wide variety of parent and child  
factors are
linked to school readiness and that parenting education and support  
services
promote family activities that relate to positive child outcomes.
www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/digest/support.html





Gail J. Price
Multimedia Specialist
National Center for Family Literacy
325 West Main Street, Suite 300
Louisville, KY 40205

Phone: 502 584-1133, ext. 112
Fax: 502 584-0172


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