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The
Rules of Parent Organizing
1 parent = a
fruit cake
2 parents = a fruit cake and friend
3 parents = troublemakers
5 parents = let's have a meeting
10 parents = we'd better listen
25 parents = our dear friends
50 parents = a powerful organization
Organized parents = Project Appleseed
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 Strategies for Using the Parental Involvement
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How America's
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National Parental Involvement Daytm
Public School Volunteer Weektm
Beyond
the Bake Sale:
Parents Can Make the Difference in Countless Ways: Kevin Walker,
the founder of the nonprofit organization Project Appleseed,
is helping schools involve parents. The organization
has created a list of 37 different ways in which parents can
help and is on its way to recruiting 5 million parent volunteers
nationwide.
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help implement successful and effective parental involvement
policies, programs, and activities that lead to improvements
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Parent Involvement In Children's Education
Efforts by Public Elementary Schools
Schools' satisfaction
with parent involvement varied by poverty concentration and minority
enrollment. In general, schools with 50 percent or more minority
enrollment or students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
were less likely to report that they were satisfied with parent
involvement in these activities than were schools with lower
minority enrollments or poverty concentrations.
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 Parent Involvement at the Middle School Level.
Rights and Responsibilities
of Parents of Children With Disabilities.
Hope
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A Study of Nine High- Performing, High-Poverty Urban Elementary
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Positive Social Interaction
Between Disabled and Non-Disabled
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The Study of Opportunities
for and Barriers to Family Involvement
in Education!
Father's Involvement
In Schools: A Report From the National
Center for Education Statistics.
Research
ERIC
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of education-related resources, sponsored by the Institute of
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full-text database of education research and information.
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The Impact
of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement
Anne
Henderson & Karen Mapp
The Best Parental Involvement
Training Resources In America
are presented by the nation's leading researchers and leaders
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Leave No Dollar Behindtm
Private Giving In Public Schools
 Parental
involvement is the most common form of "giving" at
the school level but other contributors can play a significant
role in providing support to schools. A majority of schools rely on parents,
local businesses, corporations, and community-based organizations
for support. Although not as prevalent across schools, students,
philanthropic foundations, community members, professional associations,
and city governments are givers (and often donate gifts of significant
size).
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Giving
The Three Types
of Private Giving
in Public Schools
Volunteer Time
Volunteers
give their time
to such activities as tutoring programs, after-school enrichment
programs, mentoring programs, and classroom support.
Monetary
Contributions
Monetary donations
are almost always targeted for a specific purpose or program.
Generally, schools first develop priorities, plans, or goals
and then approach private givers with specific proposals in a
capital campaign.
Material Donations
Computers
for Learning (CFL) provides
schools and educational nonprofit organizations a place to request
excess computer equipment. It also provides a quick and easy
way for government agencies and the private sector to donate
that equipment to schools and educational nonprofits.  Many schools receive
donations of instructional materials, computers and software,
equipment and supplies, and gift certificates and awards (such
as free tickets to a ball game for an outstanding report card).
Corporate and business donors generally start out by providing
in-kind support and, as the relationships develop, some givers
would eventually provide monetary support as well.
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The New
Public
School
Parent
by Bob Chase,
past president,
National
Education
Association (NEA)
As I travel the country
and visit schools, I have been struck by how almost everyone
pays lip service to parent and family involvement, but few seriously apply themselves
to making it happen. Why is this?
NEA
Beyond
the Bake Sale: Parents Can Make the Difference in Countless
Way: Kevin Walker,
the founder of the nonprofit organization Project Appleseed,
is helping schools involve parents. The organization
has created a list of 37 different ways in which parents can
help and is on its way to recruiting 5 million parent volunteers
nationwide.
Thinking Our
Own Thoughts:
Schools' Scripts
and Parents'
Knowledge in
Community
Organizing
for School Reform
Pedro A. Noguera
New York University
Steinhardt School
of Education
Transforming
Schools
Through
Community
Organizing:
A Research Review
M. Elena Lopez
Family Involvement
Network of Educators (FINE)
Harvard University
Family Research Project
Lessons
from
the
Field of
School
Reform
Organizing
A Review of
Strategies
for Organizers
and Leaders
The New York University
Institute for Education
and Social Policy
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