BC-2 Engaging Parents in Education: Lessons from 5 Parental Information and Resource Centers
Identifies innovative and successful education programs across the country that are closing the achievement gap and helping to reach the goal of every child reading and doing math at grade level by 2014. This publication describes how Parent Information and Resource Centers and their partnering organizations have been pursuing the goal of increased parent involvement and parent-educator partnerships, especially in the context of No Child Left Behind with its push to improve schools and close the achievement gap.

BC-3 Questions Parents Ask About Schools
Research-based tips for parents that provide both practical guidance and valuable information about a range of topics.

BC-5 What Content-Area Teachers Should Know About Adolescent Literacy
Helps address middle and high school classroom teachers’, administrators’, and parents’ immediate need for basic information about how to build adolescents’ reading and writing skills. This report summarizes some of the current literature on adolescent literacy research and practice, and suggests some methods of building adolescent reading and writing skills in the classroom; to the extent possible, recommendations are evidence-based.