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1. Parenting
- Parent Involvement Matters
Parent Involvement Matters.Org provides free resources, including articles, success stories, research, organizations, parent programs, consultant directory, and ParentNet materials to schools, parents, and trainers working to increase parent involvement at school and at home. - Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP)
Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) strives to increase the effectiveness of public and private organizations and communities as they promote child development, student achievement, healthy family functioning, and community development. In its relationships with national, state, and local partners, HFRP fosters a sustainable learning process—one that relies on the collection, analysis, synthesis, and application of information to guide problem-solving and decision-making.
2. School - Professional & Paraprofessional
- The Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE)
The Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE) is a national network of over 4,500 people who are interested in promoting strong partnerships between children's educators, their families, and their communities. FINE's membership is composed of faculty in higher education, school professionals, directors and trainers of community-based and national organizations, parent leaders, and graduate students. - U.S. Department of Education Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program
The CSRD program is increasing the quality and accelerating the pace of school wide reforms in high-poverty and low-achieving schools, especially schools receiving Title I funds. - West Ed
Provide district and school administrators with the most current information and resources about CSRD, with a particular focus on the needs of schools in WestEd's four state region of Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah.
3. Multicultural
- California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE)
Mission is to promote and support educational excellence and social justice for all. - National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
Promoting educational excellence and equity through bilingual education, the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) is the only national organization exclusively concerned with the education of language-minority students in American schools. - Southeast Asian Adolescents: Identity and Adjustment
The adjustment of student refugees has been judged by how well they do in school and their fluency in English. Yet, refugees of all ages know that they need far more than jobs, grades, or even English to feel at home in their new country. They must be accepted and respected by the native population, and must adapt to a new culture without relinquishing the heritage that had been fundamental to their development so far.
4. Laws Impacting Education
- California Public Schools Accountability Act
California's Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999, a major effort to create rewards and interventions for improving student performance. - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education. - Family-School Partnership Act brochure
The Family-School Partnership Act is a California law that allows parents, grandparents, and guardians to take time off from work to participate in their children's school or child care activities. The law (Labor Code Section 230.8) first took effect in 1995. Its provisions were expanded in 1997 to add licensed child day care facilities to the kindergarten-through-grade-twelve levels included in the original legislation. - California “Family-School Partnership Act”
Information about California law that allows parents, gran dparents, and guardians to take time off from work to participate in their children’s school or child care activities. Legal Citation: Labor Code 230.8
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