Take charge! : advocating for your child's education /
Shaheen, JoAnn C.
Take charge! : advocating for your child's education / JoAnn C. Shaheen, Carolyn Caselton Spence. - Albany : Albany : Delmar Thomson Learning, c2002. - xiii, 298 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Written from the hearts of educators who want to help parents advocate for their child's education, this stirring account provides a framework of principles and values that both parents and educators can use to ensure that every school meets and exceeds its ideals. It explains health and achievement essentials, and how these can be engendered in schools to foster successful environments where all children can be personally and academically enriched. This book demonstrates the responsibilities placed upon parents, families, schools, and communities to promote productive learning environments, and exemplifies how they can work together to accomplish these goals. Real-life experiences and examples are also included to enhance and illustrate chapter themes. For those who value effective education and want to support children, this book is an inspiring guide for consideration.
All.
0766842657
Education, Elementary--Parent participation--United States.
Home and school--United States.
Education, Elementary--Aims and objectives--United States.
372.119 2
Take charge! : advocating for your child's education / JoAnn C. Shaheen, Carolyn Caselton Spence. - Albany : Albany : Delmar Thomson Learning, c2002. - xiii, 298 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Written from the hearts of educators who want to help parents advocate for their child's education, this stirring account provides a framework of principles and values that both parents and educators can use to ensure that every school meets and exceeds its ideals. It explains health and achievement essentials, and how these can be engendered in schools to foster successful environments where all children can be personally and academically enriched. This book demonstrates the responsibilities placed upon parents, families, schools, and communities to promote productive learning environments, and exemplifies how they can work together to accomplish these goals. Real-life experiences and examples are also included to enhance and illustrate chapter themes. For those who value effective education and want to support children, this book is an inspiring guide for consideration.
All.
0766842657
Education, Elementary--Parent participation--United States.
Home and school--United States.
Education, Elementary--Aims and objectives--United States.
372.119 2