Publications
Following is a selection of publications and reports
of interest to parent leaders and those supporting them. Please e-mail
us about any other publications or reports that might be useful
to parent advocates, leaders, and organizers.
Action Guide for Education
Organizing
Action Guide for Education Organizing, from the Center
for Community Change, provides information on education policy and
funding, as well as examples of how four school reform campaigns
(including one in Sacramento) are improving parent-teacher relations,
children's environmental health, and teacher training. Online at
: The
Center for Community Change
Advocating for Change
Advocating for Change, from PolicyLink, offers tools
and strategies for advocates who work with and on behalf of low-income
families and communities of color. Includes tips for organizing,
coalition building, data collection, getting what you want, and
seizing opportunities to advance your cause. Online at : PolicyLink
The Case for Parent Leadership
The publication features a number of useful resources:
checklists and mini-quizzes to help you judge how parent-friendly
your schools are; practical advice for parents, educators and policymakers
on what they can do — right now — to promote the kind of parent
involvement that will have a sustained impact on student learning;
and examples of successful parent leadership programs from New York
to California. KSAPlus Communications. 57 pages. Free. Order from KSAPlus
Communications.
We Interrupt This Crisis With
Our Side of the Story: Relationships Between South Los Angeles
Parents and Schools
In this report, Community Asset Development Redefining
Education (CADRE), a parent-organizing group in South Los Angeles,
presents the results of a parent-led research project that was conducted
in collaboration with Justice Matters Institute. This report documents
the current state of relationships between South LA schools and
parents. It confirms that parents want to be involved in their children's
education and it illustrates the importance of school-parent relationships
in improving education. Through surveying South LA parents, CADRE
found that parents are calling for cultural inclusion, engagement
and accountability in schools. This report gives voice to South
LA parents' experiences and will help shape CADRE's campaign to
redefine relationships between South LA schools and families.
October 2004. Download in English or español
Constituents of Change: Community
Organizations and Public Education Reform
This report builds upon several recent studies that
document community groups’ organizing efforts, define the challenges
for organizing, and explore the impact of organizing on schools
and school districts. New York University's Institute for Education
and Social Policy. September 2004. Download
here
The Bottom Line: Setting the
Real Standard for Bay Area Working Families
A report that details the number of families in the
Bay Area that are working full time, but are still unable to make
ends meet. Almost half a million households in the Bay Area don’t
have enough income to meet their basic needs such as food, housing,
health care, childcare, transportation and miscellaneous expenses.
The report highlights the number of households in each county that
aren’t meeting their basic needs and focuses on an organization
in that county that is helping families with programs that successfully
move people towards self-sufficiency. United Way of the Bay Area.
September 2004. Download
here.
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