THE BEST OF THE MARSHALL MEMO
Carefully chosen summaries to energize leadership, teaching, and learning
Partnering with Families
Parenting for School Success
- Early-childhood practices that prepare children to thrive in school
- Changing the way parents talk to their children
- Rethinking traditional ideas about parent involvement
- Unpacking the research on parental involvement
Home-School Communication
- Teachers making home visits
- Getting a foot in the door with text messages to parents
- Dealing with very difficult parents
Parent-Teacher Conferences
- Improving the quality of parent-teacher conferences
- A conference that didn't go so well
- Student-led parent conferences
Homework and At-Home Activities
- Rethinking homework
- A theory about homework
- A Boston school boosts home reading
