The importance of home-school relationships between parents and practitioners in early childhood settings is widely accepted. This article discusses the effects of the level of involvement and the nature of practitioner-parent relationships in early years settings in England on the basis of a two part study that examined parents' experience of…

High schools in the United States have been the focus of reform efforts for the past decade, and the business community has been quite vocal in the debate about how to improve public education. Business representatives are concerned that while the demands in the workplace have changed significantly, with most jobs requiring some education beyond…