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Information
on the
Importance of Family Involvement
The Center on School, Family and
Community Partnerships at John
Hopkins
University.
Joyce Epstein, Director. www.csos.jhu.edu
The Harvard
Family Involvement Network. Research, case studies, and
suggestions for educators and others. www.finenetwork.org
Go to http://pfl.greatschools.net/
and click on
Parent
Resource
Center: you’ll find information on
how to navigate your school system, job descriptions of everyone
from the school board to the principal, and how to evaluate
resources such as tutoring and child care, just for a start.
Information
on Standards
You can find all of Washington’s
state standards and benchmarks on the website for the
Superintendent of Public Instruction. www.k12.wa.us/
You can get
answers to Frequently Asked Questions about
Washington’s standards and how they were
developed through Washington’s Partnership for Learning. www.partnership4learning.org.
Achieve
offers information on standards and critiques of the rigor of
state standards on its website. www.achieve.org
You can
learn about brain research through these sites, among many
others: www.sedl.org/scimath/compass/v03n02/1.html
www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/0012brain.html
Information
on Assessment
You can
find out how your schools performed on the WASL and see more
examples of test items in reading and math at www.k12.wa.us.
Click on WASL released test items on the home page.
Information
on Accomplished Teaching
For
information on
Washington’s Initiative for National
Board Teaching Certification, go to www.k12.wa.us/cert/nbpts
Information
on Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences
To complete
a learning styles inventory and find out what you own style may
be, check out http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm
To learn
about the work of Howard Gardner and others at Project Zero in
developing the theory of multiple intelligences, go to www.pzweb.harvard.edu
To read how
lessons can be adapted for young children with different styles,
find www.earlychildhood.com/Articles/index.cfm?
FuseAction=Article&A=19
Washington State
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