Michigan Department of Education: Parent Involvement Fact Sheet
A brief overview of the direct connection of parent involvement and academic achievement.
Education World: Parent Involvement in Schools
Practical family meeting ideas with links to other websites and resources.
Children First: Developmental Assets
The Developmental Assets® are 40 common sense, positive experiences and qualities that help influence choices young people make and help them become caring, responsible, successful adults.
Harvard Family Research Project: Bilingual Voices and Parent Classroom Choices
A case study of a Latino mother and her difficulties in helping her daughter achieve success in the U.S. school system. Offers discussion questions for staff to reflect on ways they might better assist immigrant families.
Scholastic: Reaching Out to Bilingual Families
A list of seven tips for involving bilingual families at school.
NPR: Language Gap Mars Parent-Teacher Chats
Weekend Edition Sunday April 8, 2007.
by Elizabeth Wynne Johnson
Federal law requires school districts to provide interpreters for parent-teacher conferences. But demand far outstrips the state and federal funds provided. How are schools adapting?
National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs
This is a listing of organizations across the country that offer educational programs for people working with populations that have experienced violence, and that provide treatment services for victims.
Resource Guide for Serving Refugees with Disabilities
The Resource Guide for Serving Refugees with Disabilities is written as a how-to for caseworkers and advocates who serve refugees with disabilities. It is available through the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants.
Preventing Disproportionate Representation: Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Prereferral Interventions
This practitioner brief from The National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems highlights four key elements of culturally- and linguistically-responsive prereferral intervention for culturally and linguistically diverse students: (1) Preve
American Speech-Hearing Association: Muticultural Resources
The American Speech-Hearing Association's Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) addresses cultural and linguistic diversity issues related to professionals and persons with communication disorders and differences.