Parent Involvement Matters

Partnerships Conference March 12

admin — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:43:35 +0000

Join us for our 2011 Partnerships for Education Conference titled, SCHOOLS AND BEYOND: The Power of Family-School-Community Partnerships. The event takes place on Saturday, March 12, 8:30am-4:30pm, at the Radisson in Manchester, NH.

Secret Ingredient To Your Child’s Academic Success

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:13:35 +0000

Research shows that a parent’s expectation that their children take school seriously and apply themselves fully is one of the best predictors of student success.

Fathers Matter

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:09:14 +0000

When it comes to parent involvement, one can easily observe that the responsibility most often falls to the mother. True, some mothers are stay-at-home and may have more time to devote to such things as classroom volunteering, but more often this situation is due to an unwritten rule that says moms take care of the [...]

Why Parent Involvement Month?

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:25:55 +0000

When the Parent Information Center of NH was funded for the NH State PIRC federal grant in 2006, we did not have a plan to promote a NH-wide initiative for parent involvement in education. Like others involved in systemic change, however, we found that parent involvement is often viewed by schools and other organizations as [...]

School Success Requires Parent Involvement

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:27:42 +0000

An article by Kathleen Ohlson of the University of Minnesota Extension and her clear summary of what parents can do to make a real difference in the education of their children. Following her article, we offer a few of our own resources to help operationalize these ideas.

Parent Involvement is Not a Separate Task

admin — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:26:57 +0000

With all of the stresses on families today -- including the typical requirements of shuffling kids off to sports games, music and drama rehearsals or performances -- it might seem that fulfilling the goals around parent involvement adds "just another task" to our already over-filled lives. This doesn't have to be the way we as parents approach it.