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What do you know about family involvement in education?

Have parents always been involved in children’s schools?

What are the forces that bring parents into working partnerships in education?

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Parenting Communicating Volunteering Learning at home Decision making Collaborating with the community

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Research on parent involvement◦ Parents as most important factor in child’s

optimum development

◦ Studies on school success related to parental involvement

◦ Studies in programs such as Head Start and Early Head Start, Perry Preschool Project, and Abcedarian Study.

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Mandates—parent participation is required◦ Head Start◦ Title I: family centered education◦ IDEA legislation for education of children

with special needs◦ Child Care and Development Fund

(CCDF)

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Mandates (continued)◦ No Child Left Behind legislation◦ Early Child Environmental Rating Scale

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Professional recommendations◦ National Association for the Education of Young

Children (NAEYC) accreditation◦ NAEYC Code of Ethics◦ NAEYC position statement on Developmentally

Appropriate Practice (DAP)

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• Professional recommendations (continued)– NAEYC standards for professional

preparation– National PTA standards for family

involvement

Community concern and efforts to strengthen families to counteract social problems◦ State-funded family support programs◦ Individual community efforts

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If research shows benefits of parent involvement, and many educational programs mandate such involvement, why are not all teachers working to create partnerships with families?

Why do communities feel that parent involvement in education benefits all? How does this tie in with what you read about factors that impact families in Chapter 2?

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There are three main forces that encourage family involvement in their children’s education:◦ Research that indicates importance of parental

interaction in children’s development and school success.

◦ Mandates from various funding and accreditation sources

◦ Community need for strong families.

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