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How to Improve Parent Involvement in Education
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Those of us in the
K-12 education arena puzzle over parent involvement a lot. Our new
report helps education leaders, reformers and policymakers take a step
back, examine what parents themselves have to say about the issue, and
determine how education leaders can best tailor their approaches to meet
the concerns and capacities of parents.
Parents have different definitions of parent involvement, different concerns when it comes to improving education for their children, and different interests
regarding the types of school improvement activities they'd be
comfortable doing. The report categorizes these differences into three distinct groups of parents. The Potential Transformers are comfortable shaping education policy. School Helpers prefer more traditional activities. And Help Seekers need support to improve their involvement at home.
School
leaders should focus on parents' distinct priorities, concerns and
strengths if they want to engage more parents in school improvement.
To help them do so, we provide a series of practical recommendations, based on the research and our deep expertise in stakeholder engagement in K-12 education.
Help education leaders improve parental involvement and engage more
parents in school improvement by getting the word out about this
resource. You can download a PDF of the report from our website, share the charts and graphs from the report, and join the conversation on Twitter with the hastag #ReadyWillingAble. Feel free to use the tweets below or craft your own!
School leaders: want to boost #ParentInvolvement? Tailor your approach w/these recommendations. #ReadyWillingAble http://ow.ly/k7Gpp
What does #ParentInvolvement in #education look like? Depends what parents you ask. #ReadyWillingAble http://ow.ly/k7Gpp
31% of #parents seem ready to advocate for #edreform, not doing it yet #edchat #ReadyWillingAble http://ow.ly/k7Gpp
#ParentInvolvement at home vs in schools: What helps improve education more? Parents are divided. #ReadyWillingAble http://ow.ly/k7Zzw
Parents have different comfort levels when it comes to #ParentInvolvement activities #ReadyWillingAble http://ow.ly/k7ZUY
Best way to leverage #parents interest in improving #education: vary opportunities for involvement #ReadyWillingAble http://ow.ly/k7Gpp
Parents: an untapped resource in #edreform. Over half say they could be more involved in schools #ReadyWillingAble http://ow.ly/k7Gpp
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Gun Control, Public Opinion and Compromise
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From Public Agenda's President, Will Friedman:
Yesterday, the Senate
voted down a gun control bill strongly supported by the public. On this
issue, our leaders have failed to take even modest measures aimed at
controlling gun violence, defying the public's judgment that beefed-up
background checks are worth trying.
Valid arguments
certainly remain on both sides of the issue, and most of those who are
uneasy about restricting gun access cannot and should not be reduced to a
pawn of extremists. But that doesn't mean we can sit back and try
nothing, especially when the public overwhelming supports reasonable
measures that might improve the safety of our children and communities.
Here's a link to my statement on the Huffington Post. It
still pertains, I think, to the critical questions on immigration and
the budget that are on the policy agenda. We hope leaders will not
continue to ignore the public's voice. And if they do, we hope the
public will stop standing for it.
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About Us
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Public Agenda is
a nonprofit organization that helps diverse leaders and citizens
navigate complex, divisive issues. Through nonpartisan research and
engagement, it provides people with the insights and support they need
to arrive at workable solutions on critical issues, regardless of their
differences. Since 1975, Public Agenda has helped foster progress on
K-12 and higher education reform, health care, federal and local
budgets, energy and immigration. Find Public Agenda online at PublicAgenda.org.
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