Education reform through community action

12-02-2011

Guest blog by Mark R. Warren/Washington Post

Congress recently introduced legislation to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, formerly known as No Child Left Behind – but it’s parents whose children attend schools in low-income communities that are now being left behind. Despite a decade of new research demonstrating that parent and community engagement is essential for improving education in low-income communities, the bill includes no new funding to help parents increase their involvement in school reform efforts. The original Department of Education blueprint for the bill recommended doubling the funds available to support parent involvement in low-income schools, but the Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions reduced it back to the original amount. (more...)

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