Making the Home-School Connection a Positive One

School choice advocates maintain that parents who choose their schools will be involved. This study asks: (a) What are the characteristics of families who prefer different types of choice arrangements and what are their reasons for choosing? (b) How are parents involved in their children’s education under different types of choice arrangements? (c) How do schools respond to parents under different types of choice arrangements? Findings reveal that religion, income, and ethnicity are important in understanding parents’ reasons for school choice and that school type is a major factor in understanding the relationships between parent involvement and school responsiveness.

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Balancing the Home/School Connection

Thriving as an Online K-12 Educator ◽

10.4324/9781003127635-10 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 135-146

Author(s):

Hue-An Wren

Keyword(s):

Home School ◽

School Connection

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Enhanced Picture Books

Technological Tools for the Literacy Classroom ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-3974-4.ch012 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 196-218 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Maria Cahill ◽

Anne McGill-Franzen ◽

Dawn Peterson

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Young Children ◽

Literacy Development ◽

Picture Books ◽

Research Literature ◽

Shared Reading ◽

Home School ◽

Early Childhood Classroom ◽

School Connection ◽

Children's Literacy

This chapter provides a rationale for using digitally Enhanced Picture Books (EPBs), electronic texts which pair text narration with animated pictures, with young children in the classroom and as a home-school connection tool. First, we synthesize the research on shared reading with young children. Next, we detail the research literature in the area of digital text use with young children. We suggest substantive variables to consider when selecting EPBs. Finally, we recommend practices for integrating EPBs into the primary and early childhood classroom in a manner that will advance young children’s literacy development.

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