Coalition helps parents make choices
Connecticut Post, April 27, 2007

A coalition to help parents become education advocates has developed a guidebook and a workshop to help parents make the most of it.

Both are free.

The Parent Empowerment Workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Central High School, 1 Lincoln Boulevard.

The workshop includes a parent-training session and break-out sessions with local organizations.

The guidebook, "How to Make Sure Your Child is Not Left Behind," offers information and advice for closing the student achievement gap. The guidebook covers such topics as what the federal No Child Left Behind law means; what parents can do about teacher quality; how to have a voice in school- improvement plans; and how to pick a tutor if the child attends a failing school.

The coalition that put together the guidebook includes the Connecticut NAACP, the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Connecticut Appleseed.

For more information, call Danielle Smith at 772-4017, ext. 12.