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| | Working with Your School
These sites provide advice for your parents, suggestions to help
them get involved with your school, and much more.
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| The Pennsylvania PTA (Pennsylvania PTA)
http://www.papta.org

This links to the Pennsylvania Parent-Teacher Association
website, which has information about building successful partnerships
between parents and schools, as well as information about getting
involved in your local school system. |
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| Parent Resource Center (GreatSchools.net)
http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/go/PA

This website includes information on individual schools,
as well as parent-teacher conference tips for your parents. It also
lists the skills you needs to be academically successful. |
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| AFT
Parent Page (American Federation of Teachers)
http://www.aft.org/parents/index.htm

This website offers information on academic standards,
reading, school topics, homework help, tips on communicating with
teachers and administrators, and more. |
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| Parent Smart (Parent Smart)
http://www.parentsmart.com

This award-winning website allows your parents to
search for up-to-date information on children and education topics.
Your parents can browse the site for articles about homework, participation
in your school, and parent-teacher conferences. (Resources are available
in English, Spanish, and French.) |
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| Parent Involvement (National PTA)
http://www.pta.org/parentinvolvement/index.asp

The National PTA website offers parents everything
from tips on helping you succeed to ways of participating in your
school, plus other educational content. (Resources in Spanish are
also available on this site.) |
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| Helping Your Child with Homework (U.S. Department of Education)
http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/homework/part1.html

This website, developed by the U.S. Department of
Education, is all about homework. It's a comprehensive resource for
parents that provides information on everything from understanding
the basics of homework to monitoring assignments and communicating
with teachers at your school. |
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