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Sunday, April 19 at 12:00am - National Family Fitness Week
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Sunday, January 18 at 12:00am - National Parental Involvement Day
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Thursday, November 20 at 12:50am
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Source: www.ode.state.or.us
SALEM - State Superintendent of Public Instruction Susan Castillo commemorated National Parental Involvement Day today, recognizing several outstanding parental outreach efforts across Oregon and encouraging all parents to take time to be engaged in their children’s education.
Source: www.floridapartnership.usf.edu
Click on the link to get the Florida Parental Involvement Pledge for November 2009, available in both English and Spanish. The Florida PIRC at USF supports its partners in reaching the public with opportunities involving education and is committed to making available information that encourages pare...
Georgia Department of Education - National Parental Involvement Day By KATHY COX State Superintenden
Source: www.doe.k12.ga.us
Today is a day I believe most educators are eager to recognize. It’s National Parent Involvement Day (November 19th). This is a time set aside each year to say an extra-special thank you to parents. The evidence is overwhelming: Students who have highly-involved families get higher grades, hav...
Source: news.tennesseeanytime.org
Source: www.rockdalecitizen.com
Rockdale, GA - Schools are celebrating two of the most important national recognition times for them this week — this week is National American Education Week, and Thursday is National Parental Involvement Day.
Source: www.latimes.com
L.A. Unified Supt. Ramon C. Cortines says parents "have a right to be involved in the process" of reforming low-performing schools. (Christine Cotter / Los Angeles Times / August 20, 2009)
Source: news.medill.northwestern.edu
Thought to be the first public school-based parents union in the nation, the group was formed almost a year ago and has 13 union stewards acting as advocates for parents. Their goal is to have a union representative in all of the city’s 666 public schools, said Steve Ross, union president.
Source: www.wvec.com
Hampton , Virginia -- November 19 is National Parent Involvement Day, so on that day, Hampton City School and Parent-Teacher Associations will host events to let parents know what’s going on and suggest ways to fit schools in their busy schedules. The program is a product of Project Appleseed, ...
Project Appleseed Boulder Colorado - Burlington Elementary School's Power of 3 is modeled after national parent volunteer programs, such as Project Appleseed and the Parent Teacher Association’s Three 4 Me, but it also accommodatesworking parents’ lives.
Source: www.timescall.com
The parent volunteer program, which began this school year, is structured to welcome all guardians, said Erin Angel, the co-volunteer coordinator.
Secretary Duncan Says Rewrite of 'No Child Left Behind' Should Start Now; Reauthorization Can't Wait
Source: www.ed.gov
Secretary Arne Duncan said that the $24.8 billion in federal funds available annually to the nation's schools should support reforms that prepare students for success in college and careers.
Source: www.ed.gov
As part of the continuing National Conversation on Fatherhood, Obama Administration officials made the second stop of a national initiative with a visit to Manchester, New Hampshire to focus on the importance of fathers in the education of their children. ...
Source: voices.washingtonpost.com
We have just gone through one of the most shameful episodes of the young Obama presidency -- shameful because of the behavior of the right wing, shameful because the media played into an extremist agenda, shameful because we proved...
Source: www.cbsnews.com
After Complaints of Attempted Socialist Indoctrination, Administration Tweaks Language in Recommendations to Teachers.
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