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  Parent Partnership Solutions

  July 25, 2012 by Cindy Long

  This article outlines six of the most common communication challenges between educators and parents, as reported by a recent Parenting/NEA survey, along with NEA member-tested solutions.

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  PSC helps Augusta High Schools End Year on “Edu-taining” Note

  June 29, 2012 by Cindy Long

  NEA’s Priority Schools Campaign (PSC) kicked-off a long-term, multi-faceted family and community engagement effort in Augusta, Georgia with uplifting assemblies at three priority high schools.

• Video: Artfully Engaged Students

  April 4, 2012 by Cindy Long

  Howenstine High Magnet School students partnered with the Tucson Arts Brigade and the Barrio Centro Neighborhood Association to create the Barrio Centro Mural. The colorful mural portrays the neighborhood’s history and diverse culture.

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  Educators Aren’t Just Welcoming Change, They’re Leading It

  March 23, 2012 by Cindy Long

  Educators in priority schools are taking the helm of local school reforms while changing the perception of their profession and association. Learn about the work of NEA members in Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Maine and North Carolina.

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  Building Academic Success One House at a Time

  March 16, 2012 by Cindy Long

  By pitching in to help their community address problems like lack of affordable housing, students at Howenstine Magnet High School are helping build their own academic success through service-learning in Tucson, Arizona.

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  How Family Involvement is Helping in Utah

  January 10, 2012 by Cindy Long

  As family involvement at Glendale Middle School increases, student behavior is improving. The school has seen a 50 percent drop in referrals for both bullying and fighting, with tardies and discipline referrals down by 30 percent.

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  Local Leaders Urge Community to Join High School Transformation Effort

  December 7, 2011 by Cindy Long

  Union, district, school and local government leaders gathered with NEA’s Priority Schools Campaign to kick off the KEYS survey at Howenstine High school in Tucson, AZ.

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  Having Faith in the Students

  December 6, 2011 by Cindy Long

  Dedicated teachers and staff at Glendale Middle School in Utah show how hard work and a boundless belief in students can raise achievement in an environment where most of the students live in poverty and many have enormous challenges in their home lives to overcome.

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  Raising Aspirations in Rural Maine

  November 8, 2011 by Cindy Long

  Doug Woodsum was a substitute at Carrabec High School in North Anson, Maine, before he was hired as a full-time English teacher three years ago. He knew it wouldn’t be an easy assignment, and a few of the students even…

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  Solving the Parent Involvement Puzzle

  September 1, 2011 by Cindy Long

  Anne T. Henderson is a Senior Consultant with the Annenberg Institute for School Reform and based in Washington D.C., where her specialty is the relationship between families and schools. She tracks both research and effective practice on how engaging families…