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Achieving the Goals: Goal 8 - Parental Involvement & Participation - 1997

About this book

In addition to all the activities associated with parental involvement at the Department of Education, the Federal Interagency Committee on Education (FICE) has been working to get all federal agencies involved in American education. FICE is a group of representatives of 26 federal agencies that meets once a month to discuss education programs across the federal government–not just in the Department of Education. In recent years, FICE has been working on ways that every agency can support President Clinton’s education agenda, promoting interagency collaboration at the local level, and disseminating useful education information from one agency to other agencies and to the general public.

One aspect of this endeavor has been to gather information about various programs from across the federal government that apply to each of the National Education Goals. This book is the fourth book in a series, entitled Achieving the Goals, which seeks to inform educators and the general public of the possibilities for programs and funding that exist outside the Department of Education. The series, to date, has included volumes on: Goal 1, Getting Children Ready to Learn; Goal 4, Teacher Professional Development; and Goal 5, Math and Science Achievement.

Each book in the series provides a compendium of education programs across the federal government, providing education reformers and the general public a useful tool for seeking funding for activities related to achieving the National Education Goals. The programs listed in the books might also provide ideas for education reformers looking for additional partnership opportunities by serving as a reference tool for education-related activities in their states, counties, and communities.

For example, a community might be interested in expanding their ability to provide early childhood development opportunities. This book lists seven federal programs that provide funding for child care and early childhood development. Another community might be interested in fighting drug abuse. There are seven drug abuse prevention programs listed here as well. The idea is to provide communities information on the broad scope of federal involvement.

The section immediately following the introduction provides detailed information about the various parental involvement activities of the U.S. Department of Education and the Partnership for Family Involvement in Education. The rest of the book, which lists specific federal programs that might support parental involvement, is organized by education topic, so that interested people and organizations can easily match their needs and concerns with the topics listed. The appendix offers lists of state and local points of contact for various activities.

Secretary Riley and the FICE committee hope that this book, and all the books in the series, will become a valuable resource for education reformers throughout the nation.

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[Introduction] [Table of Contents] [The Partnership for Family Involvement in Education]