This work is a report on the positive impact of parental involvement on their child's academics and on the school at large.
Larry Ferlazzo teaches English language learners at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, CA. Lorie Hammond has been an educator for 35 years, working as a teacher from preschool to college, a curriculum coordinator, a researcher, and a teacher educator.
As usual, Larry doesn't disappoint! His text—designed to introduce
schools to the kinds of strategies and actions necessary for moving
parent participation in schools from involvement to
engagement—details a series of key principles that define effective
community engagement efforts AND a series of practical projects
that communities could tackle tomorrow. Drawn largely from his 20
years of experience as a community organizer and his second career
as an educator at a high-needs school in Sacramento, California,
Larry's thoughts and ideas have a measure of credibility that you
just can't find anywhere else. . . . What made Larry's book so
powerful to me is that it directly challenges the traditional
efforts made by schools to reach out to parents—chaperoning field
trips, making photocopies, organizing bake sales. . . . What will
make Larry's book powerful to you is that it provides tangible
examples of what meaningful parent engagement efforts can look like
in action—and in a world where closing the achievement gap depends
on strengthening the capacity of parents, those examples are
nothing short of invaluable.
*The Tempered Radical weblog*
. . . parents and schools must work together for the improvement of
instruction, and for the betterment of their students' academic and
person lives. The authors write of this importance, while giving
down-to-earth examples of how it can work. . . . Recommended.
*Library Media Connection*
Sacramento, California-based educator Ferlazzo teaches high
school-level English language learners; Hammond has been in
education for 35 years, working as a teacher from preschool to
college, a curriculum coordinator, a researcher, and a teacher
educator. Together they have created a concise introduction for
educators on engaging parents as active players in the school
community — particularly in lower-income and urban schools — by
basing parents' involvement in issues that motivate them in
authentic ways, and by helping them develop the power to act. After
explaining the concept of parent engagement, the authors present
four chapters describing successful parent-involved school projects
from around the US.
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