Kentucky Education Organizations

• Kentucky Department of Education:
  • General information for parents
  • Parental involvement in schools
• The Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership
• Kentucky Cabinet for Families and Children
• Kentucky Family Resource and Youth Services Centers
• Kentucky PTA
• Kentucky Association of School Councils
• Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence
• Parents and Teachers Talking Together
• Kentucky Coalition of School Volunteer Organizations
• Partnership for Kentucky Schools

• Partnership for Family Involvement in Education at the U.S. Department of Education
• Parents for Public Schools
• National PTA

• Engaging Families in Academic Improvement, from the Family Involvement Network of Educators, or FINE, features online publications to help parents understand standards-based education.
• Parent and family involvement from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory includes audio and text interviews on the subject.
• Parental involvement in schools from the U.S. Department of Education, part of its report The Condition of Education 2000, has statistics on who is volunteering in schools and what they’re doing.
• Schools check backgrounds of volunteers —Lexington Herald-Leader, August 27, 2000
• School helpers may face checks—bill for background on volunteers —The Cincinnati Enquirer, Kentucky edition, November 6, 1999
• Mentoring tips from Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Tristate (Kentucky/Ohio/West Virginia)

Related KET productions:
Help Wanted: Volunteers in Schools
Understanding Your Child’s CATS Assessment