For this week's group report, I used one of the search engines called "Excite." And I typed in our group topic, "parenting" and got a list of information transferred. I read through the list and picked a site called
According to their information, The National Parent Information Network (NPIN) is a project sponsored by two ERIC clearinghouses: the ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City; and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; all other ERIC system components are also contributors and participants. Collaborating organizations, which provide information resources and promote use of the NPIN among their constituencies, include the National Urban League and the Illinois Parent Initiative, the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, the National PTA, and the Family Literacy Center at Indiana University. The purpose of NPIN is to provide information and communications capabilities to parents and those who work with parents. Materials included full text here have been reviewed by persons outside the ERIC system for reliability and usefulness. However, I looked through the list of information available from this network. They were like, " About the National Parent Information Network," " Parent News (Updated Monthly)," " Urban/Minority Families," " Parents AskERIC," " PARENTING Discussion List," " Resources for Parents," " Resources for Those Who Work with Parents," and " ERIC Information and Materials." Among them I wanted to check out a link called
There they had many interesting links that are related to the important issues of urban and minority families. I picked out one publication called "What Students Need to Know." It was a manual for parents on how they can help with their children's schooling, by the National Urban League and The College Board. It had four parts like,"Basic Information for Parents," "Academic Subjects," "Workshops," and "Resources." I found the information of this publication to be very detailed and educational. Especially, each part has many links that are helpful with real educational situations for the parents of urban and minority families.