Activities and Publications
The following articles and publications offer valuable information about increasing family engagement in schools and enhancing collaborative relationships between schools and families.
- It Takes a Parent: Transforming Education in the Wake of the No Child Left Behind Act
- Parent Involvement in Schools: Best Practices Brief
- School/Family/Community Partnerships: Caring for the Children We Share
- Supporting Parent, Family and Community Involvement in Your School
- Parental Involvement: A Key to Student Achievement
- Family Involvement Is as Easy as Pie!
- Strong Families, Strong Schools
Websites
- National Network for Parent Involvement in Education
- National Network of Partnership Schools-John's Hopkins University Broken Link
- Comer School Development Program-Yale University
- Fine Network of Educators-Harvard University
- Project Appleseed
- Family Friendly Schools
- CT State Department of Education: School-Family-Community Partnerships Broken Link
- US Department of Education-Parent Involvement
- The IRIS Center
Books
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101 Ways to Create Real Family Engagement
Steven M. Constantino -
A New Wave of Evidence
Anne T. Henderson & Karen L. Mapp -
Schools and Families: Creating Essential Connections for Learning
Sandra Christenson & Susan M. Sheridan -
Beyond the Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family School Partnerships
Anne T. Henderson, Vivian Johnson, Karen L. Mapp, and Don Davies -
The Evidence Continues to Grow: Parent Involvement Improves Student Achievement
Anne T. Henderson -
Preparing Educators to Involve Families: From Theory to Practice
Harvard Family Research Project