Search Institute: Developmental Assets
A listing of the 40 Assets that are recommended to raise successful young people. Asset lists are categorized by age level. A Spanish version of the list is also available.
Parent Involvement in Education
This is a Northwest Regional Education Laboratory article from 1989 that examines the benefits of parent involvement on student achievement. Even though the article was written nearly twenty years ago, the information still stands today.
Parent Institute for Quality Education
This website outlines the work PIQE has been doing to promote parent involvement by providing nine-week training courses that will assist parents in understanding the U.S. educational system and becoming better advocates for their children.
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.