National Network of Partnership Schools

The Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE)

National Coalition for Parent Involvement In Education (NCPIE)

UCLA School Mental Health Project - Center for Mental Health in Schools

Public Education Network (PEN)

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Research Links

Harvard Family Resource Project (HFRP)

Dr. Karen Mapp's Harvard Profile (with links to interviews, discussions, and her courses)

 Dr. Karen Mapp's presentation at Western on November 16th, 2007

Dr. Karen Mapp's courses at Harvard; locate the syllabus and reading list for each course on the left side of the page:

Leadership in Organizations (Fall 2007)

The Why, What, and How of School, Family, and Community Partnerships (Fall 2007)

Innovations in K-12 Education (Spring 2008)

The Missing Piece of the Proficiency Puzzle
(Recommendations for Involving Families and Community in Improving Student Achievement - Kentucky Department of Education)

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory:
Parent Power (Sara Vega-Evans)

Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot's Harvard Profile (with links to articles, publications, her courses and more)

PLTI - Parent Leadership Training Institute

Innovative Pathways to School Leadership (US Department of Education - with a focus on the Boston Public School’s Competencies for Leaders)

Institute for Responsive Education:
Connecting School, Family and Community (IRE)

National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools

Illinois Parents - Formerly National Parent Information Network

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory:
School-Family-Community Partnerships

Pathway to School Improvement - Family and Community

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The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher

(2006) Expectations and Experiences

(2004-2005) Transitions and the Role of Supportive Relationships

(2003) An Examination of School Leadership

(2002) Student Life - School, Home, Community

(2001) Key Elements of Quality Schools

(2000) Are We Preparing Students for the 21st Century?

(1999) Violence in America's Public Schools - Five Years Later

(1998) Building Family-School Partnerships: View of Teachers and Students

Printed copies of the MetLife studies from 1984 through 1997 are available. The topics covered can be seen HERE.

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Tools & Resources for Family Friendly Schools

Center for the Improvement of Student Learning (CISL)

Communities in Schools

Center for Parent Leadership

Coalition for Community Schools

Family Friendly Schools

The Knowledge Loom

National Parent Teacher Organization

Washington State Parent Teacher Association

Partnership for Family Involvement in Education

Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships - Johns Hopkins University

Children's Home Society: Parent Information and Resource Center

Washington State Cooperative Extension - Family Support

Just for the Kids

Institute for Community and Adolescent Resilience

Parent/Family/Community Involvement - New York State Education Department

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Especially for Parents

Parents are Powerful

Parent Cafe

Parent Effectiveness Leadership Training

Parent Information and Resource Center (PIRC)

Talaris Research Institute

Washington Learning Systems Free Parent Education Handouts

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Recommended Reading

From Good to Great by Jonelle Adams

Harvard Education Letter - Making the Connection Between Families and Schools

Coalition for Community Schools - Conference Presentations

Teaching Diverse Learners - Families & Communities (The Education Alliance at Brown University)

Funds of Knowledge: Theorizing Practices in Households, Communities, and Classrooms by Norma Gonzalez, Louis C. Moll, and Cathy Amanti

Meeting NCLB Requirements for Family Involvements
by Joyce L. Epstein in Middle Ground: The Magazine of Middle Level Education,
August 2004, Volume 8, Issue 1

Partnering with Families and Communities
by Joyce L. Epstein and Karen Clark Salinas in Educational Leadership,
May 2004, volume 61, number 8

Engaging All Families
by Steven M. Constantino, Scarecrow Education, 2003

A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement
by Anne T. Henderson and Karen L. Mapp, National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, 2002
www.sedl.org/connections

School, Family, and Community Partnerships:
Your Handbook for Action, 2nd Edition
by Joyce L. Epstein, et al, 2002, Corwin Press
www.corwinpress.com

Principals Speak Out (VHS)
by the Institute for Responsive Education
www.responsiveeducation.org/publications.html

The Essential Conversation -
What Parents and Teachers Can Learn from each Other
by Sarah Lawrence Lightfoot, Random House NY/Toronto, 2003

Engaging Families and Communities -
Pathways to Educational Success
by Larry Decker, Virginia Decker and Associates, Fairfax, VA
National Community Education Association
www.ncea.com/pubs_products

Building Partnerships Workbook
by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
www.nwrel.org/ruraled/publications/com_building.pdf

Building Support for Better Schools:
Seven Steps to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Communities
by Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
www.sedl.org/pubs/family27/welcome.html

Approaches to Parent Involvement for Improving the Academic Performance of Elementary School Age Children

Increasing Parent Involvement Linked to
Increased Literacy Achievement
by Eric Dearing, Boston College; Holly Kreider, Harvard Family Research Project; Sandra Simpkins, University of Arizona; and Heather Weiss, Harvard Family Research Project, January 2007

Home, School, and Community Collaboration
Culturally Responsive Family Involvement
by Kathy Grant and Julie Ray
SAGE Publications, Inc.
Using the culturally responsive family support model, this text prepares teachers to work effectively with the diverse families of their students

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