The California PARENT Center E-News
Organizations Collaborating in the California PARENT Center:
California State PTA, Chicano Federation of San Diego, Homey's Youth Foundation (HIPPY), Parent Institute for Quality Education, San Diego Unified Council of PTAs, San Diego Unified School District, San Diego Urban League, Union of Pan Asian Communities.
September 16, 2003

Greetings and welcome to the California PARENT Center E-News Monthly.

The E-News Monthly is distributed by the California PARENT Center, a statewide Parental Information and Resource Center (PIRC) based in San Diego, CA, funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement. It is a project of the June Burnett Institute for Children Youth and Families, administered by San Diego State University Foundation.

FEATURES:

Education News Parents Can Use - "No Child Left Behind: Helping Your Child Succeed in School"
The 2003-2004 season premiere of Education News Parents Can Use on September 16 will mark the beginning of the second full school year under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the new options and information it makes available to families. As the school year begins, the new law's accountability, reporting, and choice provisions are giving parents new tools to help their children succeed in school. This edition of Education News will feature interviews and discussions with Department officials, educators and parents to explain the many new types of information available on individual schools and district performance -- such as the law's testing and accountability requirements, school report cards, teacher quality expectations, and public school choice and supplemental educational services options for parents whose students attend underperforming or persistently unsafe schools. Throughout, the show will highlight schools and communities that are effectively using the new provisions to improve education and ensure that no child is left behind. To read more about this upcoming broadcast, please use this link to travel to the U.S. Department of Education web site.

No Child Left Behind - Information On Supplemental Educational Services
The No Child Left Behind component of the Department of Education web site has made important information available regarding supplemental education services. Two documents, "Title I, Section 1116(e): Supplemental Educational Services Guidance" and "Questions and Answers on Choice and Supplemental Educational Services" are now available from the site. The first is available for download in Microsoft Word (.doc) format, and the second is available as a web page. To learn more about these resources, please use this link to travel to the No Child Left Behind web site.

New Learning & Teaching Section Available On California PARENT Center Web Site
This page contains learning and teaching resources aimed at strengthening literacy skills in a number of subject areas. The links include books and other learning resources distributed by exhibiters at various conferences in California such as the Title I Directors' conference and the Achieving Schools conference. Our intent is to provide a convenient list of links to "no-cost or low cost" current materials and methods that might help parents support the work of classroom teachers. However, we have also included some of the more expensive instructional materials and methods that seem to be very interesting or complete. To view these resources, please use this link to travel to the Learning & Teaching section of the California PARENT Center web site.


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