Parent-Teacher Conferences Regularly scheduled meeting between a student's parent(s) and teacher to discuss his or her progress. The parent-teacher conference is an opportunity for parents to get a glimpse into the school lives of their...

Parent-Teacher Associations or Organizations are voluntary groups that forge mutually cooperative relationships between parents and public schools. The umbrella organization of these local groups is the National Parent Teacher Association, which claims...

An association, consisting of members of staff and parents of pupils in a particular school, for discussing educational issues, raising funds for the school and organising social functions that lessen the division between home and school. Much depends...

Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) exist in many schools and are mainly concerned with local issues. The NCPTA, formed in 1954, provides a national organisation to which PTAs can affiliate. A non-political body, it holds annual conferences and raises...

A "Parent-Teacher Association" ("PTA") or "Parent-Teacher Organization" ("PTO") is a voluntary organization bringing together parents and teachers of pupils in a particular school or school district, usually for fund-raising, building parent involvement...

Teachers could get to know more about the parents of their students by hosting a 'Parents Party' before a Parent-Teacher Association meeting. The party could be an informal one where each attendee can participate in an informational session. Teachers could also include their students...

Byline: Joe Truini A national effort to bring environmental education to U.S. schools has the weight of the nation's largest child advocacy group behind it and has gained a foothold in two large states. The Parent-Teacher Association's Go Green Initiative has...

After months of outrage over a ban on cell phones in the nation's largest school system, officials are now signaling that there may be room for compromise.They are exploring whether to install special lockers outside schools to store the devices, a development that delayed recent...

Parents beware: Miss a meeting with your child's teacher and it could cost you a $500 fine and a criminal record.A Republican state lawmaker from Baytown has filed a bill that would charge parents of public school students with a misdemeanor and fine them for...