Sentences with phrase «parent engagement efforts»

A Parent Engagement Model That Works Parent engagement efforts have resulted in the formation of school / community gardens, increased affordable housing opportunities, safer neighborhoods, better economic opportunities, and increased student achievement.

Families That Can, CCSA's grassroots parents engagement effort, re-launched in August, led by Executive Director Antwaune Goode, who is supported by organizers Ainye Long in Oakland and KW Tulloss and Fiorella Del Carpio in Los Angeles.

CEJ has called on the NYC Department of Education to ensure that school and district staff represent the diversity of the district's population, provide classes, curricula and resources designated to celebrate that diversity, cultivate a positive, culturally responsive culture in schools and champion increased parent engagement efforts that are culturally responsive and promote collaborative efforts to help students grow.

Partnerships for Families: Stories and Lessons From Los Angeles Communities (PDF - 2,908 KB) First 5 LA (2010) Presents the findings of a case study of Partnerships for Families, an initiative funded by First 5 LA to prevent abuse and neglect of young children, and also examines the national context for parent engagement efforts.

Parent Café in a Box is a portable, easy - to - use resource to support your local parent engagement efforts.

More recently, IEL's Kwesi Rollins and EPFP alum and IEL board member Karen Mapp also were featured in Education Week, discussing the momentum that parent engagement efforts are gaining and their high impact on national conversations about education.