Reaching out to African American parents in an urban community - A community-university partnership

    Authors

    S. Y. Smalley;M. E. Reyes-Blanes

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Urban Educ.

    Keywords

    Education & Educational Research; Urban Studies

    Abstract

    Actively involving African American parents in their children's education remains one of educators' greatest challenges. The authors, representing a metropolitan university, developed and implemented parent leadership training (PLT) to assist African American parents in rediscovering their leadership skills to help their children succeed in school. This article describes the impact of PLT on these African American parents in an urban community. Quantitative and qualitative data collected provided evidence that PLT affected participants on four levels: personal, family. school, and community.

    Journal Title

    Urban Education

    Volume

    36

    Issue/Number

    4

    Publication Date

    1-1-2001

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    518

    Last Page

    533

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000170388700005

    ISSN

    0042-0859

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