Region IV Comprehesive Center Community Update (Feb 2000)

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Here are some items of interest for teachers from the U.S. Department of Education newsletter, Community Update, No. 74, February 2000.

The Center for Family Involvement in Schools at Rutgers University offers programs and materials that focus on math, science, pre-engineering, and technology strategies for family-school-community activities and partnership efforts. For more information, e-mail chased@rutgers.edu, phone 732-445-1287, or visit http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cfis.
Mattel Children's Foundation and The Institute for Educational Leadership have released the evaluation of the Hand in Hand program to encourage parental and community involvement in children's education. It provides success stories, challenges, and lessons learned from this $3.3 million corporate initiative. Free copies are available while supplies last by calling 310-252-3802.
The National PTA has published Building Successful Partnerships: A Guide for Developing Parent and Family Involvement Programs to facilitate discussion and provide guidelines for developing a quality parent involvement program. For information, call 800-733-6786.
The America the Beautiful Fund is offering free seeds to community organizations that partner with schools. Here is your chance to help feed hungry citizens and improve your local parks, nursing homes, libraries, community gardens, schools, and other public spaces by planting vegetables and flower seeds. Obtain an application for a FREE SEED! grant by sending a self-addressed envelope to America the Beautiful Fund, 1730 K St., NW, Suite 1002, Washington, DC 20006. Or sign up on-line at http://www.america-the-beautiful.org.
The Gateway to Educational Materials at allows teachers to type a topic, grade level, and other information into a search engine that retrieves lessons, instructional units, and other free educational materials. It has more than 170 consortia members from federal, state, university, nonprofit, and commercial organizations. Resources include more than 7,000 items.

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