Sunday, September 15, 2019
Parental Involvement Essay
Abstract            Parental involvement has always been one of the primary educational concerns. Title I and No Child Left Behind provide a set of basic requirements towards parental involvement in education. Title One Parental Involvement            Introduction            Parental involvement has always been one of the primary educational concerns. However, for the first time in history, the notion of parental involvement has acquired official statutory meaning. Title I and No Child Left Behind provide a set of basic requirements towards parental involvement in education.            Under NCLB, parental involvement is defined as â€Å"the participation of parents in regular, two-way, and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities†(Hess & Petrilli, 2006). NCLB directly requires that parents are actively involved into assisting their children with their studies, and that parents actively participate in the decision-making activities of various school committees, to facilitate the process of child’s education and learning.            Title I provides a detailed observation of how schools and districts should enhance parental involvement at all levels of the learning process. â€Å"Every district and every school using Title I funds must develop jointly with parents of children participating in Title I programs a written parent involvement policy†(Borman & Stringfield, 2001). The policy should be agreed with parents, and may also be amended to meet the changing educational requirements. Under Title I, parents should be actively engaged into the development and implementation of district parental involvement plans. For the districts using more than $500,000 of Title I funds, at least one percent of these funds hould be spent to develop parent involvement activities. Each Title I school should also develop a parent involvement policy; each school must conduct regular meetings with parents, respond to all parent requests, and ensure that parents are fully aware of all aspects of child education within and beyond the school. A school-parent compact should describe the ways in which the school and parents will join their efforts to improve student achievement (Borman & Stringfield, 2001).            Conclusion            Title I and NCLB have turned parental involvement into the compulsory statutory element of education. Statutory requirements to parental involvement imply that parents and schools agree to share the responsibility to improve student achivement at school. References Borman, G. & Stringfield, S.C. (2001). Title I: Compensatory education at the crossroads. Lawrence Erlbaum. Hess, F.M. & Petrilli, M.J. (2006). No Child Left Behind. Peter Lang Publishing. Â
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