Archived: Compact for Reading: Appendix E - Partnership for Family Involvement in Education Information

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A Compact for Reading - February 1999

Appendix E: Partnership for Family Involvement in Education

"Better Education Is Everybody's Business"

-- U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley

The Partnership's Mission

To use family-school-community partnerships to strengthen schools and improve student achievement.
To increase opportunities for families to be more involved in their children's learning at school and at home.

Our Partners

Thousands of partners pledge their support for student learning to high standards through this growing grassroots movement. Partners belong to one of four groups: Family-School Partners, Employers for Learning, Community Organizations, or Religious Groups.

Together, partners support efforts to:

Strengthen family-school partnerships through good communication and mutual responsibility for children's learning;
Adopt family- and student-friendly business practices;
Provide before- and after-school learning activities for children;
Make effective use of facilitiesschools, community buildings, churchesfor children and families; and
Give parents the resources, training, and information they need to help children learn, and teachers and principals the tools they need to engage families.

The benefits of joining include:

Connecting with other groups to share and learn from one another;
Working together to strengthen and improve efforts to help children learn;
Keeping up with the latest information and activities nationwide; and
Receiving recognition for visible commitments at the local, state, and national levels.

Activities of the Partnership

In addition to the numerous local activities in which Partnership members are involved, many participate in nationwide activities such as the following:

READ*WRITE*NOW!
As part of the America Reads Challenge, this activity focuses on reading during the summer months. Participating children read and write for thirty minutes every day, and teenagers and adults share a love of reading as reading partners to young children.

America Goes Back to School.
During the months of August through October, join Americans across the country as they go back to school to share their talents and experiences. Make a year-long commitment, starting in the fall, to help improve education and to help students learn.

Think College Early.
Help increase awareness and support for middle and high school students to take the courses needed to enter college and to be prepared financially.

Priority on After-School Extended Learning.
This initiative places new emphasis on the importance of providing before- and after-school activities that extend learning for children in a safe, drug-free environment.

TO JOIN Call 1-800-USA-LEARN for more information
Or complete a membership form on-line.

Visit the Web site at http://pfie.ed.gov

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