International Perspectives on Contexts, Communities and Evaluated Innovative Practices: Family-School-Community Partnerships (Contexts of Learning) Research and practice in the vast field of school-family-community relations have evolved dramatically over the last thirty years. Schools throughout the world face enormous challenges due to demographic changes and societal problems, making partnerships among schools, families and community groups a [...] Read more »
Principals Matter: A Guide to School, Family, and Community Partnerships Reviews
Principals Matter: A Guide to School, Family, and Community Partnerships Examines the principal’s essential role in developing equitable and sustainable school-community partnerships, synthesizes research on partnerships and principal leadership, and addresses the inclusion of diverse family groups. List Price: $ 31.95 Price: Read more »
Law Enforcement, Detroit Public Schools and Community Partners to Address Truancy
Operation Safe Passage (OSP), a unique new collaborative to combat truancy and juvenile crime, launched today in Northwest Detroit. Detroit Police Chief Ralph L. Godbee, Jr., was joined by US Attorney Barbara McQuade; Thomas Brandon, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives; Executive Deputy Chief of Police Craig Swartz [...] Read more »
School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Preparing Educators and Improving Schools
School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Preparing Educators and Improving Schools How can teachers and administrators be prepared to create partnerships with families and communities? Nationwide, rhetoric in favor of parent involvement is high, but the quality of most programs still is low. Part of the problem is that most teacher education, administrative training, and other [...] Read more »
Promising Practices for Family Involvement in Schooling Across the Continents (Family, School, Community, Partnership Issues)
Promising Practices for Family Involvement in Schooling Across the Continents (Family, School, Community, Partnership Issues) This monograph represents a seminal examination of the relationship of families to the education of their children across the globe. The monograph commences with an overview of issues and models in parent involvement, continues with a series of chapters from [...] Read more »
School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Preparing Educators and Improving Schools Reviews
School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Preparing Educators and Improving Schools How can teachers and administrators be prepared to create partnerships with families and communities? Nationwide, rhetoric in favor of parent involvement is high, but the quality of most programs still is low. Part of the problem is that most teacher education, administrative training, and other [...] Read more »
Building Family, School, and Community Partnerships
Building Family, School, and Community Partnerships This text focuses on understanding different types of family structures, cross cultural issues that teachers need to be aware of, and building strong family/school/community relationships. There are manyfeatures that adapt well to practicing teachers. Updated information for teachers to help understand and deal with the changing family [...] Read more »
Atlanta Schools Have a Busy and Productive Summer
Summer GRAD (Graduation Really Achieves Dreams) Programs Students from Atlanta Schools have been very busy this summer. The GRAD projects and programs aim to insure that Atlanta school students make to graduation and then on to university. Several GRAD programs are designed to spark students’ interest in science, mathematics and arts. This summer rising sophomores, [...] Read more »
School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action
School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action Sold as one This updated edition for building school-community partnerships to increase learning includes new examples, inventories defining leadership roles, and a workshop PowerPoint presentation on CD-ROM. List Price: $ 43.95 Price: Find More Community Partnerships Products Read more »
Irving?s Community Initiatives Provide a Clear Path to Success
Irving has implemented numerous initiatives which not only build and beautify the city, but also protect its residents with a focus on a high standard of living and crime prevention. When you examine all of the ways in which the city of Irvine, Texas has implemented programs, initiatives and grants, it’s no wonder Irving remains [...] Read more »