Parent Engagement

February 19, 2024

Parent engagement can make all the difference

School site councils give parents a powerful opportunity to shape their children's educational experience.

October 11, 2023

Parents of English learners in the dark about their children’s language progress

Parents often rely on report cards to monitor progress and don't always understand what their children need to do to be reclassified as fluent.

March 15, 2021

Distance learning changed California education. What’s here to stay?

Teachers pushed through difficult days to find solutions that kept kids learning during an upended school year. Some changes may stick.

February 17, 2021

District-led parent mentor program promotes path to college for English learners

The program at the Whittier Union High School District aims to “tap into that trust” that parents often share among each other.

Betty Márquez Rosales And Zaidee Stavely

Teacher Voices

August 27, 2020

Using distance learning to forge better parent-teacher relationships

Teachers should nurture relationships with parents, just as they do with their students.

May 21, 2020

Parenting during a pandemic: A family journal

I have a confession to make. Distance learning is not working well in my house. My 5th-grader is not finishing all of her assignments.

February 5, 2020

California parents sharpen their computer science skills alongside students

Family coding events have spurred some districts to increase computer science offerings during the school day.

October 25, 2018

Non-citizen parents hesitant to register for San Francisco’s school board elections

San Francisco is the only city in California where parents without U.S. citizenship are allowed to vote in school board elections, but only 49 registered, amid warnings that ICE could find their addresses.

Zaidee Stavely

Early Learning

August 28, 2018

Parent involvement in early years grows with help from community groups

Unlike California’s K-12 public school system, not all programs that serve infants and toddlers have formal systems in place to engage parents

Ashley Hopkinson

Early Learning

August 9, 2018

Baby and toddler storytime can create a lifetime love of reading

Local libraries help parents to learn early literacy skills through storytime. Children's librarians say storytime is one of the best ways to cultivate a young child's interest in books and encourage lifelong reading.

Ashley Hopkinson

Parent Involvement

June 25, 2018

Network of California districts to explore the elusive goal of engaging parents

The 2018-19 state budget includes $13.3 million to create a network in which teams of parents, teachers and district administrators will identify ways to listen to and act on advice from the community.