Enlisting Parents' Help, Rejecting Deficit Views

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Jacqueline Jordan Irvine describes how teachers need to enlist parents’ involvement, rather than assuming that they don’t care.

About the Author

Jacqueline Jordan Irvine is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Urban Education in the Division of Educational Studies at Emory University.