Family Involvement in Your Child's Education In School and Beyond...Why

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• Families
• Education
• Family Involvement and the Law

Families

• Get the Facts on Parent Involvement - Why it's important!
• A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Child Do Well in School
• 5 Reasons to Get Involved in Your Child's School
• Motivating Learning in Young Children

Education

• Working Together: A Parent’s Guide to Parent and Professional Partnership and Communication Within Special Education
• Parental Involvement in Placement Decisions
• The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) provides educators, policymakers, researchers, and the public with a central and trusted source of scientific evidence about what works in education.
• Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
• Choosing a School for Your Child

Family Involvement and the Law

• Elementary and Secondary Education: Title 1, Part A, Section 118: Parental Involvement
• NICHCY: Questions and Answers about IDEA: Parental Participation (Parental Rights to Participate summarized, Parental Notification and Consent)
• See our Procedural Safeguards page to learn more about parental rights and safeguards
• MDE: Parental Rights
• Wrightslaw Parental Protections: Learn how the ADA and FMLA can help you as a parent of a child with disabilities or serious medical conditions.

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• More Information
• Multimedia, Online Learning & Tools
• Research on Parental Involvement

More Information

• Pathways to Success: Besides your child’s teacher, many other people
  are involved in your child’s education. The more you know about what they do, the more you can help your child.
• List of Parent Information and Resource Centers

Multimedia, Online Learning & Tools

• Visit our Multimedia page
• Edutopia Video Library
• Exceptional Parent Live Online

Research on Parental Involvement

• What Research Says About Parental Involvement in Children's Education in Relation to Academic Achievement

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• Children
• Teenagers
• Parents

Children

• Kid Info - homework help and reference resources

Teenagers

• Kids As Self Advocates (KASA)

• Michigan’s Office of Scholarships and Grants - This brochure offers information about grants and scholarships, the tuition incentive program and pell grants.

Parents

• Great Schools: Involved Parents. Successful Kids.

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• Michigan
• National

Michigan

• See our Resource Directories page

National

• National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE)
• Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
• Parent Involvement Matters

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