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KnowledgeBases > The Adolescent Literacy KnowledgeBase > Element 3 > Activity 3 > Task 1: Communicate with and Involve Parents

Guideline:

Parents' involvement with their children's schooling has been demonstrated as an important factor in improving student academic achievement. Improving adolescent literacy requires educators and parents to work together.  In doing so, parents need to ask how they can help their children while educators need to reach out to parents and offer ideas on how they can be involved.

Tools Toolkit for Hispanic Families _EXTERNAL_LINK

As noted at the U.S. Department of Education's website, "This U.S. Department of Education toolkit will show Hispanic families what to expect from their schools, their teachers, and their child at all ages and grade levels. It will tell them how to help their child through school, what resources are available, and what they, their family, and their community can do to help their child learn."

Alternate version in Spanish

References Addressing the Decline of Parent Involvement in Middle School _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to an article from a National Association of Elementary School Principals newsletter addressing parent involvement at the middle school level. The article summarizes reasons for the decline in parent involvement and how it may be counteracted.

References Families-Schools.org _EXTERNAL_LINK

Sponsored by the Center on Innovation and Improvement, this website provides parent involvement resources for families and schools.

References What Research Says About Parent Involvement in Children's Education _EXTERNAL_LINK

This Michigan Department of Education fact sheet reviews what research says about parent involvement in children's education in relation to academic achievement. It can be a useful document to share with district- and school-level educators.

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