Selected Online Resources for Parent Involvement

National Parent Information Network
http://npin.org/about.html
Network operated by two ERIC clearinghouses offers news, resources, and
products for parents as well as a mechanism to submit a question to
AskERIC.

Online Brochures from the U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/hyc.html
How communities, schools, parents and families, and businesses can work
together to help children learn more and do better in school.

Parent and Family Involvement - Pathways
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/pa0cont.htm

Helping your children learn at home
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/miscpubs/flame/helping.htm

Parent Information and Resource Centers
http://www.ed.gov/Family/ParentCtrs/index.html
Find out about the parent information and resource center in your state or
region. These 28 centers are funded under Goals 2000 to expand opportunties
for parents to be involved in children's learning.

The Parental Involvement Checklist
http://www.projectappleseed.org/chklst.html
Checklist For An Effective Parent-School Partnership & The Six Types of
Parental Involvement.

Project Appleseed
http://www.projectappleseed.org/
A non-profit national campaign to improve public schools by increasing and
organizing parental involvement in all 15,000 public school districts in
the United States of America.

Publications for Parents
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/
The following is a listing of electronic versions of popular pamphlets and
brochures designed to address parents' concerns about their children's
education.

Steps You Can Take To Improve Your Children's Education
http://www.ed.gov/Family/families.html

Summer Home Learning Recipes
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Recipes/
Educational research has made it clear that parents who are actively
involved in their children's learning at home help their children become
more successful learners in and out of school. During the early adolescent
years, adult guidance is especially important.





Note: this list was obtained online and compiled by Christine Chiu (who can be reached at
chiu@pitsco.com).

updated: 01/29/03 (pdp)