Classnotes Podcast (January 24,  2012) For this 100th episode of the Classnotes Podcast, we examine the powerful role community engagement has in the future of U.S. public schools. It is vital that communities and parents take action around what is needed to strengthen their neighborhood public schools, to own their schools, and face the challenges in the community to be part of the school’s improvement. Concurrently, we need educators to look at their behavior in how they engage citizens and parents in the education of their children.In this conversation, Aurelio Montemayor, M.Ed., (IDRA senior education associate); Linda Cantu, Ph.D., (director of IDRA’s Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program), Josie Cortez, M.A., (IDRA senior education associate); and Bradley Scott, Ph.D., (director of the IDRA South Central Collaborative for Equity) give examples of effective parent and community engagement. They also share important insights that lead to successful engagement.Show length: Send comments to [email protected].Sign up for Classnotes e-mail alerts.ResourcesSchool and Community Capacity Building for CollaborationBy Aurelio M. Montemayor, M.Ed., IDRA Newsletterhttp://www.idra.org/resource-center/school-and-community-capacity-building-for-collaboration/Expanding School Governance through Participatory Community EngagementBy Abelardo Villarreal, Ph.D., and Rosana G. Rodríguez, Ph.D., IDRA Newsletterhttp://www.idra.org/resource-center/expanding-school-governance-through-participatory/Partners and Catalysts – How Communities Are Putting Data to Work to Improve EducationBy Laurie Posner, M.P.A., IDRA Newsletterhttp://www.idra.org/resource-center/partners-and-catalysts/IDRA Quality Schools Action Frameworkhttp://www.idra.org/change-model/quality-schools-action-framework/IDRA Coca-Cola Valued Youth Programhttp://www.idra.org/coca-cola-valued-youth-program/Courage to Connect: A Quality Schools Action Frameworkhttp://www.idra.org/change-model/college-bound-determined/Rio Grande Valley Equal Voice Networkhttps://www.rgvequalvoice.com/A Community Action Guide-Seven Actions to Fulfill the Promise of Brown vs. Board of Education and Mendez vs. WestminsterBy Rosana G. Rodríguez, Ph.D., Bradley Scott, Ph.D., and Abelardo Villarreal, Ph.D., IDRAhttp://www.idra.org/publications/community-action-guide-seven-actions-fulfill-promise-brown-vs-board-education-mendez-vs-westminster/Your feedbackWe welcome your comments and questions to the podcast. Send an e-mail to [email protected].Listen to every episode!To ensure you don’t miss a single episode of IDRA Classnotes, subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, (download iTunes free if you don’t have it) or sign up to receive an e-mail alert as soon as a new show is published.The post Expressions of Effective Parent and Community Engagement – Podcast Episode 100 appeared first on IDRA.