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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Engaging Parents In School… - The Best Reasons Why Parents Should Be Looked At As Allies & Not Targets Of Blame

Engaging Parents In School… - The Best Reasons Why Parents Should Be Looked At As Allies & Not Targets Of Blame:

The Best Reasons Why Parents Should Be Looked At As Allies & Not Targets Of Blame

“Blame” has certainly been a theme of many school reform discussions — including blaming teachers and blaming parents. Here are some commentaries on why no one, including teachers, should get sucked into that morass. You might also be interested in seeing all my parent engagement-related “The Best” lists here.

Parents Are Our Allies is a post I wrote excerpting an article by Pedro Noguera.

Parents Aren’t to Blame for the Achievement Gap: A History of Injustice Is! is the titled of a piece in the