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a truly
independent future. My declaration of responsibility and commitment to
my public
schools is stated in these five
self-evident truths as spoken by President Woodrow
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 Cost Effective Parent Engagement Get the Parental Involvement Toolbox!  Parental
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involvement in children's education.Door Knocking Every District Home Recruiting residents to get involved in their neighborhood schools   Over the
course of four weekends,
volunteers will marshal enough people to knock on every one of about
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school district. Discover what systemic parental involvement can
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How long must our system fracture before someone comes up with a plan that actually works?
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This Film!Why do so many politicians promise education reforms ... but practically never follow through? And, perhaps most importantly, what can a dedicated parent actually DO to help ensure their kids a legitimate and high-quality education? Take the Pledge to see this important documentary! Take the Pledge to fix our schools below! America's
Best (and Worst)
Cities for School Reform: Attracting Entrepreneurs and Change Agents This
new study from the Fordham Institute tackles a key question:
Which of thirty major U.S. cities have cultivated a healthy environment
for school reform to flourish (and which have not)? Nine
reform-friendly locales surged to the front:
 New Orleans, Washington D.C.,
New York City, Denver, Jacksonville, Charlotte, Austin, Houston, and
Fort Worth. Trailing far behind were  San
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learn more. Full study (9.9MB) Press release Foreword | Executive summary | Introduction | Findings | Implications | Appendices  Survey
shows 76% of parents
thought that a student's parents are a more important factor in
determining whether a child learns in school -- up from 60% from the
survey in 2000. Overwhelmingly,
Americans favor keeping a poorly performing
school in their community open with existing teachers
and principals, while providing
comprehensive outside support.
This
finding is consistent across politi- cal
affiliation, age, level of education, region of the country,
and other demographics. PDK / Gallup 2010
Summary.pdf | PDK / Gallup
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'Obama Effect' at
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America's parents." A Message to state and local education leaders from Project Appleseed President Kevin Walker FAQ's On Obama & No Child Left Behind
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   Appleseed Supports Duncan's Doubling of Federal Funding for Parent Engagement  U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Project Appleseed President Kevin Walker   What
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  What Are the National Standards for Parent Involvement?  How Do You Choose A Public School? Do Middle Schools Need Parent Involvement?  Public vs. Private Schools: Do Public Schools Outperform Private Ones?  How Can Parents Indentify A High Quality Preschool Program?  What Does School Reform Mean To My Neighborhood School? What Is Site-Based or School-Based Management?  What Should Parents Know About Standardized Testing in Schools? What Should Parents Know About Performance Based Assesments?
What Is the Best Research On
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Organized
Communities, Stronger Schools
 Research
data suggest that organizing efforts are helping to develop new
capacity in schools
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University 2008  Three factors over which
parents exercise authority- student absenteeism, variety of reading materials
in the home, and
excessive television watching -- explain nearly 90 percent of the
difference in
eighth-grade mathematics test scores across 37 states Jennifer Ballen and Oliver Moles, for the national family initiative of the U.S. Department of Education 1994 How Can My
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