ENGAGING PARENTS IN EDUCATION: Lessons From Five Parental Information and Resource Centers

Childhood Education, Winter 2007/2008 by Patterson, Janice, Manning, Maryann

ENGAGING PARENTS IN EDUCATION: Lessons From Five Parental Information and Resource Centers. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement, 2007. This text profiles five federally funded Parental Information and Resource Centers (PIRC) programs that successfully demonstrated how parents can become involved in their children's education. It reports on partnerships with other organizations and the strategies used to increase information to parents about the range of programs and services available to them and their children.

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