This book recounts in narrative form the influence of Mel and Norma Gabler, two Texas parents, on the purchase of textbooks for Texas schools. Concerned over content they found objectionable, for more than ten years the Gablers used direct mail campaigns, radio talk shows, petition drives, and personal appearances, in addition to testifying…

The author states in the opening pages of this paper that community involvement in educational programming, whether for children's learning or teacher training, is an absolute necessity for the development of alternative strategies and solutions for present and future educational problems. The paper reviews some of the ongoing attempts to maintain…

This handbook has been written to address issues such as how to organize an effective parent group, how to develop a plan of action that gets results, how to deal effectively with school officials, how to make a parent organization work, and how to develop leadership, plan meetings, use funds, and find resources. It is directed toward parents who…

Seven experiments were conducted to help answer the question, "What can parents and teachers of an underachieving child do to help that child?" Though many school programs exist for such children, many remain underachievers despite absence of serious "emotional" or socio-economic problems. A simple inexpensive technique was designed to raise…

All principals in the elementary, middle, junior high and high schools of the Atlanta Public School System were requested to select one school project involving human resources which they considered to be significant and successful. The information solicited about each project included grade level, number of resource persons involved by category,…

This booklet provides suggestions for organizing programs and workshops for parents of children in cooperative preschools. Workshop topics, suggestions for selecting speakers, and ways to encourage the attendance of fathers are discussed. A checklist to use in preparing for a workshop or conference includes reminders on arrangements for…

In 1971, the Wethersfield, Connecticut School Department received a U.S. Office of Education grant to initiate a study testing some of the incentive models proposed by Jung and his colleagues. The goal of this project was to improve students' initial mastery of reading skill objectives by a program of assigning appropriate objectives to each…

The steps to building a community playground are discussed. These steps include planning, materials and services needed, and the involvement of parents, teachers, and administrators as well as the children themselves. Pictures illustrate the text. (DB)

Intended for parents, the manual provides information on speech and language development in young children. Sections cover factors related to delay in speech and language development (such as hearing defects, prolonged illness, and lack of motivation) and suggestions for stimulating language growth at home (such as praising the child and creating…

Thousands of parents, teachers, and civic and religious leaders are beginning to participate in a variety of action-oriented workshops to investigate TV and its messages and to learn practical strategies for helping parents and their children become more critical TV viewers. The article describes some of these workshops. (Author/RK)

A survey of 160 Black and White fathers was conducted to investigate differences and similarities in their family characteristics and attitudes toward the father role. Analysis of data indicates that Black and White fathers are more similar than dissimilar. Implications of the findings for parent education programs are presented. (Author)

The article describes a sex education program for mentally retarded adolescents and young adults in Watertown, Massachusetts, that involved the parents' feedback and participation. (DLS)

Schools can increase their outreach to get parents involved. Once parents are involved, the schools must be careful that students don't use education to escape the community and their parents, and that education does not result in making children ashamed of their parents. (Author/IRT)

A new format for newsletters that makes effective school-parent communication possible with a reasonable amount of teacher effort is suggested. (CM)

The article reviews ways in which parents of learning disabled students can become involved with different educational settings (clinics, schools, home and community) and different service functions (identification, assessment, programing, implementation and evaluation). (CL)