| Writing with school administrators, teachers, and parents in mind, Sikes, an educational consultant and adjunct at Antioch U. Santa Barbara, describes how to use the arts to engage parents and families in their child's education. His main focus is to offer an action planning toolkit for this goal and he first details how the arts, parents, schools, and learning are connected, in addition to student achievement. Subsequent chapters explain how to develop programs in visual and literary arts, theater, dance, music, and folk and traditional arts. Creating a space for parent involvement and adult education, community resources, developing a school wide plan, and evaluating the program are other topics covered. Templates, forms, and project ideas are included. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) |