February 2006 Announcement
Dear FINE Member,
Here are this month's FINE member updates. Please
feel free to forward this information to friends and other education colleagues.
New on the FINE Website
Recent Reports on Head Start
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Child
Trends Analysis of Head Start
Child Trends, an organization that maintains a data
bank on outcomes for children, recently created an updated analysis
of the Head Start program. The analysis finds that non-Hispanic black children
were five times as likely as non-Hispanic white children and twice as likely
as Hispanic children to be enrolled in Head Start in 2001.
Books and Reports
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Building School–Community
Partnerships: Collaboration for Student Success
This new book by Mavis Sanders of Johns Hopkins University discusses the
importance of collaboration between schools and local organizations, universities,
and businesses and provides guidance for educators looking to establish
such connections. The book is available for purchase from the publisher
at the link above.
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CSRQ
Center Report on Elementary School CSR Models
In this report, the Comprehensive School Reform Quality Center reviews
22 comprehensive school reform models. Program aspects evaluated include
student achievement and family and community involvement. The full report
or the executive summary can be downloaded from the link above.
- Parents' Reports
of School Practices to Provide Information to Families: 1996 and 2003
This report from the National Center for Education Statistics examines
the information schools send home to parents and the frequency of parent
participation in school. Results show that school-family communication and
parent involvement are positively related.
Survey Data
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National
Survey of Parents Data
The Child Care and Early Education Research Connections recently made
available data from the 2000–2001 National Survey of Parents, which
investigated how and with whom parents spend their time. Researchers can
fill out a brief registration form and download the data for free from the
link above.
Tool Kit
- Canadian
Parenting Workshops: Preparing Children for School Success
Created by Ryerson University's School of Early Child Education, this
set of 10 workshops focuses on teaching parents how to support their children's
schooling and development. The materials, available in English and French,
include a facilitator's guide, handouts for parent participants, and evaluation
instruments. The package is available for purchase at the link below.
Upcoming Events
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Parents
as Teachers Conference '06: Understanding Human Diversity
The Parents as Teachers conference will be held in St. Louis, Missouri,
March 20–23, 2006. The program will cover strategies for multicultural
parent support, aimed at an audience of early childhood specialists, teachers,
parent educators, and family workers.
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Family Support America 11th Biennial International Conference
Family Support America will celebrate its 25th anniversary at its conference
in Chicago, March 26–29, 2006. The program will cover a variety of
family support topics for professionals, practitioners, and parents. Families
and Schools Together will hold its Parent Leadership Conference in conjunction.
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Strengthening Communities Through Education
Hosted by Cambridge College and the National Community Education Association,
this conference will address partnerships between schools and communities,
parent participation in out-of-school learning, and full service community
schools. The conference will take place April 7–8, 2006 in Albany,
New York.
Contact Us
Have a problem with the website or questions and comments concerning our work?
Send an email to fine@gse.harvard.edu.
Enjoy!
FINE – The Family Involvement Network of Educators
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