2008 Glossary of Kentucky's Education Terms
The Missing Piece of the Proficiency Puzzle: This September 2007 report, issued by the Commissioner's Parent Advisory Council, makes specific recommendations for increasing family and community involvement in schools and provides a parent involvement scoring guide.
The Case for Parent Leadership: This guide, by Anne Henderson and others, draws on research and actual experience with parent engagement programs, like the Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership, to document the impact of parent involvement on student achievement. It includes exercises and talking points to help parents and educators understand the importance of parent leadership, the various roles parents can play, and the positive impact they can have as strong partners with schools.
Kentucky School Updates: A Parent/Citizen Guide for 2006-08 is now available from the Prichard Committee. Designed to help parents stay current on education issues, the new version covers subjects from testing to school accountability to school-based decision making, with new information about the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
2004-2006 Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership, Biennial Report. An explanation of the Commonwealth Institute, it's impact and results.
Building Partnerships with Families: Preparation for building partnerships with families, a survey of teachers, teacher educators and school administrators by Kay Wright, Tabitha Daniel and Kathryn Himelreich. Strong majorities of teachers and administrators at all grade levels in Kentucky say they have received insufficient training to work with families to improve student achievement, but most educators would welcome more assistance.
Every Child Counts, Citizens tackle school district's achievement gap by Anne T. Henderson and Beverly N. Raimondo. Middle Ground Magazine, National Middle School Association, 2002.
Unlocking Parent Potential, by Beverly N. Raimondo and Anne Henderson, Principal Leadership (September 2001). Features Kentucky parents and schools.
The Power of Parent Partnership, by Anne T. Henderson, Karen Jones, and Beverly Raimondo, Our Children: The National PTA Magazine (April 1999).
Annual Report, Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership, available for 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, and 2000-2001. Below is the link to download more recent reports. (Call the Prichard Committee at 800-928-2111 for copies of reports listed from 1997-2001)
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Arts Partners Reunite, by Bob Rouse. Featured results of the CIPL Parents and Teachers as Arts Partners program. 2007.
CIPL Evaluations
Knowledge is empowering- Just Released! A CIPL evaluation which assesses long-term impact. By H Dickson Corbett and Bruce Wilson. 2008.
I Didn't Know I Could Do That! Parents Learning to be Leaders through the Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership by H. Dickson Corbett and Bruce Wilson. This was the first evaluation of CIPL, published in 2000.
Setting the Stage for Success, Bringing parents into education reform as advocates for higher student achievement by Janet Kroll, Robert Sexton, Beverly Raimondo, H. Dickson Corbett and Bruce Wilson.
Better Than Bake Sales: A Leadership Programming Study: Prepared for the Kellogg Foundation in 2003, this study identifies the Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership as one of four exemplars in parent/community leadership for school involvement. Executive Summary
Parent Leadership Network, Charlotte, NC Study: A brief statement of results of one of the first replications (2005) of the Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership outside Kentucky
Ideas in Action: Summaries of CIPL fellow projects