Abstract
American educational reform movements focus on efforts to restructure our schools to include all interested parties, especially parents, in the decision-making process. Nowhere is involvement more crucial than in America's inner-city urban neighborhoods. As parents are given a greater voice in their child's school, educators must join them as collaborators. This article identifies elements that impeded parental involvement and recognizes positive and encouraging techniques leading toward successful family-school-community partnerships. An alliance between groups too long seen as opponents rather than proponents must be established.
Recommended Citation
Gamer, Frances and Mastaby, Kathleen McCarthy
(1994)
"Parent Involvement in Urban Schools: The View from the Front of the Classroom,"
New England Journal of Public Policy: Vol. 10:
Iss.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/nejpp/vol10/iss1/5
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