Extractions: For and About Members Help for Parents Press Center Legislative Action Center ... Other Resources A Michigan survey Parents say they want to be more involved Teachers say they want to communicate more Michigan Education Association making the most of parent-teacher conferences Major League Soccer (MLS) and NEA have launched a new literacy program, "
Charter Schools Kiwi-style The outcome was parents have an absolute right to choose capable teachers get fewer students, eg, less money and fewer teachers are employed at that school. http://www.cascadepolicy.org/charters/mctigue.htm
Extractions: Find out all about the ninth annual Summer Contests for educators and students. Contests start June 23. Monthly Theme: Safety Have students view "Sun Protection," an online cartoon with tips about staying safe from solar rays. Monthly Theme: Summer Fun Turn a virtual roadside stand into a lesson in economics with the Lemonade Stand online game. Current Events: Express Yourself See how students answered last month's question, "Why do you think people in the United States use more oil now than ever?" Fake Out! See if students can guess correct definitions for words, or have students make up their own definitions for the new words. Test-taking Tips Help students prepare for math tests with Test-taking Tips. Send students to Kids' Place Houghton Mifflin Math . Have them select their grade and then select Test-taking Tips. Houghton Mifflin Company Site Index About Us
Freedom Resource Brief Bank :: The Rutherford Institute to Porn on Internet in Public Libraries (pending) Pamphlet Teachers rights in Public Free Speech Brief B35 Students Free Speech rights in Public Schools. http://www.rutherford.org/resources/briefs.asp
First AIDS Education, Then "Safe Schools," and parents have no right to opt out of instruction with which they disagree. Notwithstanding, the District has asked school principals and teachers to work http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/narth/firstaids.html
Extractions: Then Gay Advocacy The following newsletter of Parents and Teachers for Responsible Schools details the remarkably broad based support enjoyed by gay activism in communities like Seattle, and the gradual process by which this support was gained. Not only is social/moral affirmation of homosexuality taught in these schools, but in many cases, inaccurate scientific data is used as well. "Those who disagree are perilously close to losing the right even to voice their concerns on this issue," Mrs. Durham warns. Her group can be contacted by writing Parents and Teachers for Responsible Schools, P.O. Box 28519, Seattle, WA 98118, fax 206-761-2317.
ADHD And School important skills, taught both at home and school, is how The student and parent might do a class presentation The right marital arts class can instill a sense http://www.baltimorepsych.com/adhd_and_school.htm
Texas Public Policy Foundation - Press Releases The outcome was parents have an absolute right to choose capable teachers get less students, eg, less money and less teachers are employed at that school. http://www.texaspolicy.com/press_releases_single.php?report_id=201
Parent Involvement - Help Your Child Succeed The regrettable reality is that many parents of Piper, Kansas, have let down their children But he is right only because the school board members http://www.pta.org/parentinvolvement/helpchild/hc_oc_cheatingpart.asp
Extractions: An Opportunity to Teach Kids About Integrity by Michael RIera and Joseph Di Prisco An education scandal took place in the small town of Piper, Kansas. As The New York Times reported on its front page (February 14), 28 Piper High School sophomores cheated on their botany project. These students cribbed material off the Internet. The teacher detected the academic dishonesty and assigned them zeroes. Education Week (April 4). The teacher resigned from her position that day in protest. Interestingly, reported Education Week , "the teacher had asked parents and students to read and sign a class syllabus in September that laid out the definition of plagiarism and the penalty—similar to the penalty for cheating described in the school's student handbook."
Scholastic Teachers Teaching Themes Holidays Celebrate as Students Move Up Use these for using your online Homepage to increase parent involvement and All rights reserved. http://www.scholasticnetwork.com/
Extractions: Find Lessons: Teach Now! Splash Into Summer: Wrap up the school year with fun, motivating activities across the curriculum. Graphic Organizers: Reproducibles for student reading and writing. More Lesson Plans Reading Resources Network: Comprehension strategies from expert and teacher Jeff Wilhelm. Teaching Technology: Teacher's guide to making student movies. New Teachers: Activities, ideas, and support for your first years in teaching. Instructor Magazine: Tips for using informational texts.
Youth Voting Teaching for Change provides teachers and parents with the tools to transform schools into socially and curriculum materials tied to civil rights education http://www.whatkidscando.org/resources/civilrights.html
Extractions: Brown v. Board of Education http://www.teachingforchange.org The Washington, DC-based Teaching for Change Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching . The book includes interactive and interdisciplinary lessons, readings, writings, photographs, graphics, and interviews, with sections on education, labor, citizenship, culture, and reflections on teaching about civil rights. http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/ The Civil Rights Projec t aims to help renew the civil rights movement by bridging the worlds of ideas and action. Focusing initially on education reform, it has convened dozens of national conferences and roundtables; commissioned over 90 new research and policy studies; produced major reports on desegregation, student diversity, school discipline, special education, and dropouts; and published a number of books. In any given month, CRP work is quoted in such national media as The Village Voice, The New York Times, Time Magazine
Constitutional Rights Foundation--School Violence about measures you can take as a parent, guardian, teacher body of the message to safeschools@ourlist.net. reflect the views of Constitutional rights Foundation http://www.crf-usa.org/violence/links.html
Extractions: Non-Profit Organizations Center for the Prevention of School Violence National School Safety Center A resource for school safety information, training, and violence prevention. Safe, Secure and Healthy Schools Resources from the National Education Association, the nations largest teacher organization. Community Violence Prevention Kit From the National PTA. Keep Schools Safe A project of the National Association of Attorneys General and the National School Boards Association. School House Hype: School shootings and the real risks kids face in America. From the Justice Policy Institute. Preventing School Violence: Policies for Safety, Caring, and Achievement An infobrief synopsis from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Warning Signs The American Psychological Associations web site on the warning signs of violent behavior. Stopping School Violence Resources from the National Crime Prevention Council. Teaching Tolerance Teaching resources from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
AFT: Where We Stand: February 25, 1996: Bad Medicine to determine how far these rights extend. But a couple of things are obvious. The law is an invitation for parents to sue schools, or even teachers, who act http://www.aft.org/stand/previous/1996/022596.html
Extractions: February 25, 1996 Most people probably did not notice that the Contract with America promised to pass a law affirming parents' rights and responsibilities in regard to their children. Those who did probably assumed it was a harmless example of motherhood and apple pie. They were wrong. When you take a good look at it, the bill turns out to be extremely destructive. The Parental Rights and Responsibilities Act makes individual parents the sole judges of what is best for their children educationally and authorizes them to demand it from local schools. The law is vaguely worded so we'll undoubtedly see a flood of lawsuits to determine how far these rights extend. But a couple of things are obvious. The law is an invitation for parents to sue schools, or even teachers, who act contrary to the parents' ideas of what their child's education should beand when that happens, the schools and teachers are likely to lose. At a minimum, the law gives parents the right to dictate the curriculum their child follows. This means that in a school of 300 students, the teachers and administrators might be forced to provide...how many different designer curricula? One hundred? Two hundred? Maybe not, but imagine the chaos if the school had to provide even 10 or 15 or 20 additional curricula. Of course we could expect a science curriculum for children whose parents are creationists. And why not curricula for Black separatists or neo-Marxists? It's the parents' call.
Involving Parents In The IEP Process As a result, parents rights and responsibilities are again in educational programming, mandating that schools provide an The involvement of parents in the IEP http://ericec.org/digests/e611.html
Extractions: June 2001 Parents can play a number of important roles in their relationship with their child's school-organization members, care providers, political advocates, and facilitators of professional decisions. This digest examines the special roles of parents of children with disabilities in planning for the education of their children and discusses how educators can work effectively with parents to create meaningful individualized education programs (IEPs). The parents' role as committee members and educational decision makers in creating IEPs was established in 1975 by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, now known as Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Even though parent involvement is a defining feature of IDEA, Congress, as part of the 1997 reauthorization of IDEA, believed that parental involvement needed strengthening. As a result, parents' rights and responsibilities are again in the forefront as a necessary ingredient for appropriate and individualized educational programming, mandating that schools provide an opportunity for active parental participation in decisions about the education of children. The involvement of parents in the IEP process has many benefits:
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Extractions: Find a Question Does a school have to put its rules in writing? Can students be punished for violating a rule they didn't know existed? What can a student be suspended for? Can students be denied a diploma for misconduct...? Can a student be denied a diploma for failing gym? Is it constitutional to teach religion in public schools What is the "English Only" thing people have been talking about? Can a publication be banned because it criticizes school officials? What does emancipation of a minor mean? If a minor wishes to have an abortion does she need to get her parents consent? Can I be legally required to go to school? Does the school have the right to search you? Can a school kick out a girl who gets pregnant? Can I pray while I am at school? Can someone who does not speak English still attend school? Can school officials (teachers, principal etc...) search my locker?
Wired Schools Help Keep Parents In The Know | Csmonitor.com This is a wonderful change, says Steve Laredo, a history teacher at Nantucket (Mass.) High school. It allows parents to really know what is going on and http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0217/p11s01-legn.html
Extractions: If Cori Capik forgets to jot down a math assignment, she no longer squanders an evening by calling classmates who might also be clueless. With a few clicks of her laptop mouse, the eighth grader at Miami's Palmer Trinity School can easily track down that homework assignment - or any other one she might have missed. And while she's at it, she can peek at her current grades, check the date of her next science quiz, or download the middle-school dance schedule. Her mom, meanwhile, has all of the same access. Several times each week, Cherri Capik takes full advantage of the Edline software, which her daughter's school implemented about three years ago, by simply visiting Palmer Trinity's website and entering her password.
