Ask the Next President What would you do to increase parental involvement?
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A recent report calls
on federal, state, and local officials to do a better job of
abiding by the parental involvement sections of the No Child
Left Behind Act. "It
Takes A Parent" (Appleseed 2006) is based on research
involving 18 school districts in six states. The report finds
that: teachers and administrators often lack training in how
to engage parents; and parent involvement has fallen to the bottom
of the list of NCLB requirements, though it is integral to the
success of the law and of students and schools. Genuine education reform
in this country cannot take place without involved parents. If
we fail to make systematic efforts to engage more parents to
become involved in public schools, we are clearly fighting an
uphill battle with some very unpleasant long-term consequences
for this nation. Project
Appleseed
needs your help, right now, to improve our schools. We are organizing
America's parents to stand-up for public schools. Take a few minutes and
watch the candidate video's on this page and post a question
or comment for the candidates(s) of your choice. Project Appleseed
wants to focus America's attention on improving parental involvement.
Project Appleseed builds consciousness and support to renew local
public schools. We are mobilizing five
million parents to volunteer 10 hours each in individual schools
by taking our learning compact --the Parental Involvement
Pledge.
P.S. Contributions can mailed directly to our national office: Project Appleseed / 520 Melville / St. Louis, MO, 63130-4506. Be sure to pass this on to a friend and keep up with our progress at www.projectappleseed.org!
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projectappleseed.org
520 Melville Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4506 Parents Advocating Challenging Education a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit education organization.
Is there truly going to be 'No
child left behind'? Many
of America's children have already been left behind, at home
alone, to raise themselves on a thin and cruel diet of junk food,
gangster rap, and trash television. How can they come to school
ready to learn? Our nation's parents have been hit with a double
whammy. Just as society calls for parents to spend more time
with their children, the decline in living stand
Current parent involvement provisions
of the law are solid and ambitious, but require more faithful
implementation and greater enforcement. "Without better
informed and involved parents, all of the testing and data is
just a lot of paper -- the proverbial tree in the forest that
no one hears," said Linda Singer, Appleseed Executive Director.
I am asking you to back this
campaign by asking candidates for president, "If you
are elected President of the United States, what would you do
to increase parental involvement?"
