Promising practices for family involvement in schools

This volume will address major frameworks for understanding family involvement and government support of family involvement projects in the initial chapters. The following six chapters present a theoretical base for understanding school, family, and commu-nity partnerships and research supporting pr...

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Other Authors Hiatt-Michael, Diana B. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Pub., [2001]
SeriesFamily, school, community, partnership.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781918117745
DOI10.1108/978-1-60752-544-8
Physical Description1 online resource (xiv, 208 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • School, family, and community partnerships : linking theory to practices / Beth S. Simon and Joyce L. Epstein
  • Family involvement in federal education programs / Oliver C. Moles, Jr.
  • Home-school communication / Diana B. Hiatt-Michael
  • Parent-child literacy projects / Francesca K. Pomerantz
  • Family centers in schools : expanding possibilities for partnerships / Vivian R. Johnson
  • Family participation in decision-making and advocacy / Don Davies
  • Parent education as an essential component of family involvement programs / Mary P. Dicamillo
  • Educating professionals for school, family, and community partnerships / Howard Kirschenbaum.