Parent and Family Engagement: The Missing Piece in Urban Education Reform
Sonya Douglass Horsford and Tonia Holmes-Sutton
Abstract:Parent and family engagement in the educational lives of children and youth positively influence student learning and achievement. While this connection may seem obvious, varying ideals of parent engagement limit the ways in which school communities understand, encourage, and benefit from meaningful school-home-community interactions…
Ready for School, Ready for Life: The Increasing Significance of Early Childhood Education and School Readiness in Nevada
Sonya Douglass Horsford
Abstract:School readiness continues to be an area of growing concern in education and public policy circles. The notion that "all children should arrive at school ready for the first day" has important implications not only for parents, early childhood educators, and K-12 schoolteachers, but also policymakers, business owners, and our local and state economies. The…
What is a Healthy Community? Building Better Communities in Southern Nevada
Denise Tanata-Ashby and Jennifer Pharr
Abstract:The health of a community is dependent not only upon the genetics of its residents, but also upon the environment within which those individuals live. A person's health is a product of their environment. As such, a healthy community is one in which all residents have access to a quality education, safe and healthy homes, adequate employment,…