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There are other methods and means to improve communication between home and school, parents and teachers. In this section you'll find more advice on this process.



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Small interactions between parents, teachers aid students, study says - by Jeremy C. Fox
Interesting small scale study shows that when teachers have even minimal, but regular contact with parents, (one sentence a week), failure rates for students go down a lot. (Views So Far 309 )

Teachers vs parents: Round two - by Linda Petty
Some parents and teachers have no respect for each other. A few apparently hate the other side. Both sides started firing off heated comments after Ron Clark, a teacher who started his own school, wrote an essay for CNN.com asking parents to work with teachers for the sake of their kids. Clark wrote it was insulting to teachers when after they tell a parent their child did something wrong the parent asks the student, "Did you do that?" Bandynose disagreed, writing, "I will never take the word of a teacher or any adult at face value when it comes to my kids. I will ask them straight out if it's true. If they say no, I'm going to ask you for proof." (Views So Far 348 )

Ten ways to stay in touch with your child's teacher - by Maile Carpenter
Written by a teacher, this contains about ten suggestions as to how you can get in touch with, and communicate with your child's teacher. Nothing astounding here, but a good reminder. (Views So Far 271 )

The Dicey Parent-Teacher Duet - by Sarah Mosle
Interesting take on whether active parental engagement helps everyone -- a bit counter-intuitive: Example: Yet in more affluent neighborhoods, active parent engagement, as the clinical psychologist Wendy Mogel has argued in her latest book, "The Blessing of a B Minus," can interfere with children's necessary maturation and strides toward independence. (Views So Far 363 )

The Wejr Board - Parent Communication: TO vs WITH - by Chris Wejr
We need to be clear of the difference between communicating TO families and communicating WITH families. There is a purpose for both but we need to be very clear that TO and WITH serve different needs for our families. Communicating TO families is a way of broadcasting information while communicating WITH families is a way of exchanging in dialogue. (Views So Far 359 )

Tips for Teachers Working With Difficult Parents - by Suzanne Tingley
Some principles for teachers having to communicate with difficult parents. (Views So Far 247 )

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Using Technology (4) new
More and more, schools are using technology to provide an additional channel with which to communicate with parent and the community. While face to face communication is still the best way to interact with parents, technology is effective in communicating factual information, but it's expanding through the use of parental portals. Read more here.
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