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Appendix
D: Partnership For Family Involvement For Education
"Better
Education is Everybody's Business"
U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley
What is the
Partnership's mission?
To promote children's learning through the development of family-school
community partnerships.
Who are the
Partners for Learning?
Thousands of family, school, community, employer and religious groups
comprise the Partnership. They have come together to support student
learning to high standards. These Partners represent a growing grassroots
movement across this country organized into four areas:
- "Family-School
Partners for Learning" support school-home partnerships where
communication and mutual responsibility for children's learning to
high standards are key.
- "Employers for
Learning" adopt family-and-student-friendly business practices,
such as providing leave to attend parent conferences and volunteer in
school, providing parent training and child care, and working with
neighborhood schools.
- "Community/Cultural
Organizations for Learning" support learning communities through
organized before- and after-school and summer activities. They
volunteer in the schools, help to make streets safe for children, and
support supervised recreational activities.
- "Religious
Organizations for Learning" provide parent education programs and
reading tutoring programs for children, sponsor cultural programs,
make their buildings available for organized activities and support
out-of-school learning.
What are the
benefits of joining the Partnership?
Partners improve their effectiveness by connecting with other groups and
drawing on each others' strengths. The benefits of being part of a
coordinated effort are key: Partners learn about and share the latest and
best practices from other Partner organizations. Recognition is earned for
organizations' visible commitments at the national, state, and local
levels. Members of the Partnership for Family Involvement in Education
receive support through conferences, publications and on-going
communications, including newsletters and an Internet home page at www.ed.gov/PFIE.
What are
activities that the Partnership supports?
As the Partnership grows, special projects support family involvement and
student learning across communities:
- Getting
Ready for College Early,
an initiative to encourage all students to take courses they need to
enter college and to inform parents of the sequence of courses their
child needs to take, as well as the financial planning involved. To be
launched in winter 1998.
How can your
organization join the Partnership?
If your organization wants to become a Partner for Learning, select
one of the four Partner links above, fill out the
on-line sign-up sheet, and submit it. You will receive your Partner
member's kit soon after.
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