A poll recently released by the Associated Press found that parents are the group most blamed for what is wrong with the education system. The National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) urges people to move beyond the blame game and is committed to providing parents with ways to become active parts of their children’s education.
Children are outside the classroom five times as often as they are inside which is why learning should not be confined to just the classroom, president and founder of NCFL, Sharon Darling, said.
“We agree that parents are the most important factor in their children’s education,” said Darling.
The NCFL offers several recommendations about how parents can become meaningful participants in their children’s education:
1. Parents can fill daily activities such as grocery shopping, car-pooling or park visits, with fun learning activities. To learn how to incorporate learning into everyday life, NCFL recommends wonderopolis.com.
2. Parents should seek the help that is available for them to navigate the education system and prepare their children for college. NCFL has formed the Family Literacy-Community College Partnership initiative which is a complete set of free materials designed to help families understand the importance of earning a degree, how to navigate the system, and better prepare their children for post-secondary education. These materials will soon be made available at famlit.org.
3. Finally, schools should set up programs to more effectively foster parental engagement and parents should take advantage of the programs that do exist in their child’s school. NCFL emphasizes that parental involvement must extend beyond one-time activities such as bake sales; parents should do all they can to become a part of their children’s school.
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