The Role of Parent Involvement in No Child Left Behind

This Webcast will help set the stage for SEAs to develop specific plans for addressing parent involvement requirements in NCLB. Experts in the field of parent involvement will speak to this important topic and respond to state concerns during a question-and-answer period.

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Parent Video: Parent Voices

Introduction by Linda Winter, The Winter Group

Welcome by Margaret Spellings, Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education

Anne Henderson, Writer and Researcher: Research on Parental Involvement

Parent Video: Parents on NCLB

Sharon Darling, President, Founder, The National Center for Family Literacy

Aurelio Montemayor, Director, Texas Parent Information Resource Center, & Senior Education Associate, Lead Trainer, Intercultural Development Research Association, IDRA

Jane Grinde, Director for Community Learning and Partnerships, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Question: How do you engage parents who are at the lowest end of the literacy scale?

Question: What resources are available to support programs that support parent involvement when parents have different language backgrounds?

Questions: What are parent advisory committees?

Parent Video: Involved Parents


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Presentations

Click here to view the presentation titled "No Child Left Behind - Parental Involvement in Title I".

Click here to view the presentation by Aurelio Montemayor

Click here to view the presentation by Anne Henderson

Click here to view the presentation by Jane Grinde

Featured Experts
  • Sharon Darling, President and Founder, National Center for Family Literacy
  • Aurelio Montemayor, Director, Intercultural Development Research Association Texas Parent Information Resource Center
  • Jane Grinde, National Network of Partnership Schools Key Contact for Wisconsin, Department of Public Instruction

Contributing Participants

  • Secretary Margaret Spellings, Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education
  • Anne Henderson , Institute for Education and Social Policy, New York University
Moderated by
  • Linda Winter, The Winter Group