Parent involvement
Over the past several years, there has been a growing recognition of the valuable contribution parents make to their children's education. In this section you will find information about increasing parent involvement, research on what kinds of involvement have the greatest impact, and tips for parents on how to be involved in their children's education.
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Feb 27
Hamilton Parent Engagement Program
Hamilton parents are going to school with their kids.
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Dec 12
New reading report shows parents a major factor in student success
A new international study shows that students whose parents enjoy reading are better readers in grade four.
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Nov 09
Parents teaming up with other parents: first results are impressive
By Diane Vachon, Executive Director, Parents partenaires en éducation
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Mar 08
Can parents have too much power?
Parent unions are cropping up across the United States. They have vastly different goals, but all of them start with the premise that parents should have more say in what goes on in their schools and education systems.
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School councils’ 15th anniversary brings call for policy update
School council report reveals improvements and gaps.
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Listening to the whispers
In this blog post, Paula Dunning, a former trustee with the now-defunct Central Algoma Board of Education, mourns a time when very small school boards were able to hear not just the loud parents, but also the whisperers.
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Oct 05
What’s in the Toronto board’s anti-homophobia resource guide?
The Toronto District School Board has developed a very comprehensive guide for teachers, adminstrators and school communities to help address underlying causes of homophobic and heterosexist bullying, harassment, and discrimination.
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Oct 04
A different way to deal with bullying
A new approach to bullying has promising results. But it's a no-blame method. Will the parents of bullied children accept that?
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Parent advocacy: The good, the bad, and the ugly
This article from Education Canada uses a number of examples from across Canada to explore the benefits and the drawbacks of parent advocacy.
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Sep 14
Four simple secrets to student success
People for Education's report on the relationship between parent involvement and student success contains surprising results from student surveys.
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Sep 01
Parent involvement: What works?
Parent involvement is a priority in many schools. But what does the research say about parent involvement? What really works?
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Schools at the Centre: How do you imagine the schools of the future?
In October 2008, People for Education launched a series of conversations about Schools at the Centre, a new vision for public education in Ontario.
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Jun 23
Provincial Parent Board dissolved
In June 2009, the Minister of Education announced that she would not renew the mandate of the Provincial Parent Board.