The Essential Conversation: What Parents and Teachers Can Learn From Each Other by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

By B. Stelmach. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2004

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Look! Listen! Learn! Parent Narratives and Grounded Theory Models of Parent Voice, Presence, and Engagement in K-12 Education. (2013, background): “Recent research also demonstrates that parent involvement is a cornerstone of increased school efficacy in promoting student learning, motivation, and school persistence (Izzo, Weissberg, Kasprow, & Fendrich, 1999; Lawrence-Lightfoot, 2003; Lopez, Scribner, & Mahitivanichcha, 2001).”
Influencing Preservice Teachers’ Attitudes About Working With Low-Income and/or Ethnic Minority Families (2012, background): “Because these are also often the most anxiety-provoking encounters that teachers have with caregivers (Lightfoot, 2003), a number of educators (Rai & Amatea, 2009) have put considerable effort into redesigning these meetings to change the pattern of fault finding endemic to them.”
Beyond the Bake Sale: A Community-Based Relational Approach to Parent Engagement in Schools (2009, background): “They may have expert knowledge about their own children, and they may have sound understandings about many schooling issues, but they often lack sophisticated expertise in curriculum and pedagogy (Lawrence-Lightfoot, 2003).”