ED375197 UD030086
Title:
Parent Centers in Urban Schools: Four Case Studies. Report No. 23.
Author(s): Johnson, Vivian R.
Author Affiliation: Center on Families, Communities, Schools,
and Children's Learning.(BBB29867); Boston Univ., MA.(MGG06975)
Pages: 69
Publication Date: April 1994
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement
(ED), Washington, DC. (EDD00036)
Contract No: R117Q00031
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.
Availability: Center for Families, Communities, Schools,
and Children's Learning, Johns Hopkins University, 3505 N. Charles
Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 ($8.10).
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Research (143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Massachusetts
Journal Announcement: RIEFEB1995
In efforts
to make parents feel more welcome at school and to increase their
involvement, a number of schools are creating parent centers--providing
parents with a room of their own in the school. Part I of this report
examines the role of parent centers in strengthening family-school
relationships through case studies of four parent centers in urban
schools, three elementary and one junior high. The case studies
illustrate how parent centers are created and developed, the types
of projects and programs they develop and implement, the dynamics
through which they work to achieve family-school partnerships, and
effects on children's academic and social success. In Part II, cross-site
analyses of the case study information combined with the survey
information are conducted to examine the links that exist between
the work of parent centers and Federal, state, and local policies
pertaining to school-family relationships. In Part III, the policy
implications of parent centers are drawn in four areas: child care,
integrated services, teacher outreach to parents, and home visits.
Appendixes contain six graphs describing programs. (Contains 21
references.) (Author)
Descriptors: *Academic Achievement; Case Studies; Day Care;
Elementary Education; *Family School Relationship; Home Visits;
Interpersonal Competence; Junior High Schools; *Outreach Programs;
Parent Participation; School Community Relationship; *Urban Schools
Identifiers: *Parent Child Centers
