Parent Participation category: 664 books
Parents and Schools
The 150-Year Struggle for Control in American Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Who holds ultimate authority for the education of America's children—teachers or parents? Although the relationship between home and school has changed dramatically over the decades, William Cutler's fascinating history argues that it has always been a political one, and his book uncovers for the...
Three Virtues of Effective Parenting
Lessons from Confucius on the Power of Benevolence, Wisdom, and Courage
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
This Asian parenting book applies the wisdom of the Chinese sage Confucius to the challenges of modern parenting.
Confucius believed that any change we wish to make in our lives must begin from within. Three Virtues of Effective Parenting calls on readers to develop the virtues to help them...
Building Positive Relationships with Parents of Young Children
A guide to effective communication
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
Positive relationships between practitioners and parents are essential for young children’s wellbeing, but achieving this can be difficult if there is not enough understanding about how relationships work when one person (the practitioner or teacher) has to play the professional role. Strong communication...
Hidden Dangers to Kids' Learning
A Parent Guide to Cope with Educational Roadblocks
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2011
This second edition to Hidden Dangers to Kid’s Learning: Parent Guide to Cope with
Educational Roadblocks gives more insight into waysparents can understand and help their academically struggling child. Parents and their children can be empowered to recognize the perils and the pitfalls of our current...
Trusted Knowledge for Parents
Tips to Prepare, Position, and Empower Today's Parents
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
Trusted Knowledge for Parents provides clarity, inspiration and support for raising compassionate, respectful and productive children.
Parents give so much to their children. They provide young lives with love, respect, and guidance. They maintain a safe environment in which kids can explore...
by Hilary Hawkes
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
The first five years of a child’s life are an exciting and important time. Children change and develop at this stage at a fast rate. Experiences they have often influence their personality and behaviour for the rest of their lives.
This book describes how children learn and develop during...
by H. Glenroy Seale
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Many of our youth have strayed from the basic concepts of the family which our fore-parents worked painstakingly to achieve. For years many have ignored the need to provide a solid foundation for the continuity of our unique, and in some minds, mysterious ways of social living in the Caribbean. Some...
New York City's Best Public Middle Schools
A Parents' Guide, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Reflecting changes brought about by Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s reorganization of New York City’s public school system, this Third Edition features reviews of 74 of the city’s best public middle schools. Providing everything parents need to know in choosing a middle school that is...
Pre-School Parenting Secrets
Talking with the Sky
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2010
As parents, we are the earth from which our children grow. How we prepare and fertilise the soil will define their relationship with the world. It will determine the nature of their lifelong conversation with the universe. Pre-school Parenting Secrets: Talking with the Sky is every parent's guide...
by Jodene Smith
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Get your second grade student ready for the upcoming school year with this full-color book to blast away summer learning loss. With cross-curricular activities, this parent resource provides nine weeks of fun exercises to excite young learners. Theme-based units focus on the key skills grade two students...
Promising Partnerships
Ways to Involve Parents in Their Children's Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
The research on parent involvement in education indicates that, in most cases, when parents play an active role in their children's education, academic achievement improves. As a result, schools are now mandated to incorporate parent involvement in the educational process. Educators are faced with...
by Ann R. Sutton
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2018
Do you find it difficult to start a long conversation with your kid after a day at school?
Do you always meet a dead-end when trying to know about your kids' thoughts, emotions and wants?
These conversation starters are proven to stimulate real conversation, where kids will feel well-cared...
New York City's Best Public High Schools
A Parents' Guide, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
If you lived anywhere else in the country, you would probably send your child to your neighborhood high school. In New York City, it’s much more complicated than that. But what parent has time to research hundreds of school options? To help you choose a high school that is just right for your child,...
Parents and Schools Together
Blueprint for Success with Urban Youth
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
Parents and Schools Together shows administrators, teachers, and parents how to work together to produce high achieving students in urban school districts. We all know that in this fast-paced world of standards and commitments, it’s easy to forget what schools and parents are all about. There are...