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An article discussing the way members of the LGBT community come to have children as well as the affects of being raised by LGBT parents.

A study on the similarities and differences between heterosexual, two parent households and different- and same-sex two parent families. An article to help teachers learn about these subjects more extensively to better understand their students' situations.

This is a Weebly website created by Laura. Bonham, an elementary/middle school teacher. This website is a great example of how a class website can be used to keep parents up to date and informed about what is going on in the classroom. It includes things like dates, school supply needs, and homework.

This example of a functional Weebly website was created by a teacher. All updates for students and parents are located in this colorful and fun theme. Many helpful resources for her students can also help those in need of extra practice and homework.

Effective communication is essential for building school-family partnerships. It constitutes the foundation for all other forms of family involvement in education.

This article explains some benefits of good parent-teacher relationships and gives some examples of ways to build this type of relationship. This would be good to look at when creating my own classroom.

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This resource shows a few ways parents who have time can get involved in the classroom. As a teacher, you can post opportunities like these to keep parents up to date on what they can become involved in as a parent

This shows us teachers some ideas as to what we can put on our classroom website.

This shows tips for communication with parents, teachers, and students.

This is a website that allows teachers, parents, and students to communicate with the teacher.

This website shows different ways for teachers to communicate with parents and students. Some ways are older ways like phoning home.

Explains more about Wiki's and why teachers should use them to communicate with parents.

This is a great website that gives seven effective parent-teacher communication tips.

This is a website within classjump.com (collaboration tool) that one school created so teachers, faculty, students, and parents can collaborate and keep open lines of communication. From this site, you can view any teachers lesson plan for any particular class, as well as, get updated on upcoming events. Within this one site, there are many subpages that are easily organized so that any teacher, student, or parent can access the information they need. Assignments, payments, events, and many other things have been collaborated on this one website to make communication at any level much easier.

Mr. Marcinek's blog is ranked in the top 10 educational blogs of 2013. Mr. Marcinek is focused on explaining and stressing the importance of technology integration into classrooms while making sure that his readers understand the balance between technology and face-to-face learning. Edutopie.org is a great tool for teachers to use so that they can remind students and parents of upcoming events, and successfully communicate and answer questions outside of school.

The link is to a Pinterest page that has many creative ideas on how to keep open communication and collaboration between teachers and parents.

I found this particular twitter page very resourceful to early childhood education teachers. Ms. Graboski, the owner of this page, likes to share teaching ideas on this page and post pictures of her students learning through fun games and activities. This is great place where parents can tune in and see what their children are working on in class.

Communicating with Difficult Parents

Great ideas for Teacher/Parent communication!

This webpage lists different ways to build a positive relationship with parents. This would be good to look at when I become a teacher or if I struggle with communicating with some parents.

This website lists several ways to improve communication with non English speaking parents. This is a great thing to remember going into a classroom. It can also be a cause for discussion in an education class.