In his book What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Action, Robert Marzano shows that 35 years of research reveal that parent and community involvement has an even greater impact on student achievement than orderly schools or teacher professionalism.
Beth Antunez (2000) offers the stated policies of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) as a noteworthy example.
It also addresses perhaps the most important feature of this communication—making information easily and readily available.
Protocols for effective parent-teacher conferences commonly include suggestions regarding general teacher dispositions such as w...
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