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A Compact for Reading Guide - February 1999
Appendix D: Key Resources - Compacts and Title I
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which provides resources to schools needing extra help to strengthen programs in the basics and core academics, requires the creation of family-school compacts in all Title I schools.


Federal Resources That Can Help:

Title I
U.S. Department of Education
Compensatory Education Programs
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: (202) 260-7764
Web site: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/CEP/

The Compensatory Education Programs Office administers the Title I Program of supplementary instruction and other services to serve 6.4 million children in high poverty schools in more than 14,000 school districts across the US. Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Elementary Act (ESEA) requires the creation of family-school compacts in all Title I schools.


The Partnership for Family Involvement in Education
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-8173
Web site: http://pfie.ed.gov/

The Partnership for Family Involvement is a partnership of over 4,400 members of school, business, religious, and community organizations that come together to increase opportunities for families to be more involved in their children's learning at school and at home, and to use family-school-community partnerships to strengthen schools and improve student achievement.


Organizations That Can Help

Education Trust
1725 K Street NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 293-1217
Web site: http://www.edtrust.org


National Coalition of Title I Parents
1352 Q Street NW, 2nd Floor East
Washington, DC 20005
E-mail: NCTIC1P@aol.com


Publications

Channing L. Bete Co., Inc.
1997. About Parent-School Compacts. South Deerfield, MA.

The Education Trust.
1996. A New Chance: Making the Most of Title I. Washington, DC.

Macfarlane, Eleanor C.
1995. Boost Family Involvement: How to Make Your Program Succeed Under the New Title I Guidelines. Bloomington, IN: Family Literacy Center.

RMC Research. Parents Ask About Series in English or Spanish
1996. Parents Ask About Compacts. Portsmouth, NH.
1996. Parents Ask About Parent Involvement Policies. Portsmouth, NH.
1996. Parents Ask About School Profiles. Portsmouth, NH.
1996. Parents Ask About Title I. Portsmouth, NH.

Rogers, Mimi.
1995. Planning for Title I Programs: Guidelines for Parents, Advocates, and Educators. Washington, DC: Center for Law and Education.


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