Parent & Community Involvement
Choosing a School for Your Child
This publication offers parents strategies and tools for navigating the process of choosing a school. It explains some of the current options available in many communities and outlines steps in making a thoughtful choice. (Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, 2005)
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From Then to Now: Developing Effective Programs of Family and Community Involvement — excerpts from a talk by Joyce Epstein
Dr. Joyce L. Epstein, Research Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships at Johns Hopkins University spoke at a statewide forum on School, Family, and Community Partnerships in Connecticut. The following resource links to excerpts from her keynote speech. (New England Comprehensive Center, 2006)
Summary, audio and transcript
Giving Parents Options: Strategies for Informing Parents and Implementing Public School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services under No Child Left Behind
This handbook provides ways for districts and states to make No Child Left Behind's public school choice and tutoring provisions work for students and families. The content of the handbook is the result of discussions with families, educators, and local and state administrators in 14 school districts across the country. Discussions focused on the challenges and successes that districts experienced in providing these options to parents. (U.S. Department of Education, 2007)
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A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement
This review examines the growing evidence that family and community connections with schools make a difference in student success. The authors review 51 recent studies, covering a range of perspectives and approaches. (SEDL, 2002)
Authors: Anne T. Henderson and Karen L. Mapp
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Parental Involvement: Title I, Part A Non-Regulatory Guidance
The Non Regulatory Guidance (NRG) summarizes the parent involvement requirements in No Child Left Behind and provides guidance to local school districts and schools for implementing the law. The NRG is a handy guide for parent leaders to understand the roles and responsibilities of districts, schools and parents. (U.S. Department of Education, 2004)
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The School-Family Connection: Looking at the Larger Picture. A Review of Current Literature
This synthesis surveys 30 research reports on family involvement in education with an overview of new literature, a matrix of the trends across the studies, an explanation of the types of research studies included in the review, and detailed descriptions of each of the included reports. (SEDL: National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools, 2008)
Authors: Chris Ferguson with Manica Ramos, Zena Rudo, and Lacy Wood
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