Promising Practices For Family Involvement In Schools

Included within each chapter are examples of research in action, focusing on specific interactive activities or programs designed to bring families and schools together. Such promising practices are organized into chapters dealing with two-way home-school communication, family literacy projects, school-site parent centers, parent-school collaborative governance, and family-school education programs spanning infancy through young adulthood. The monograph concludes with a chapter on teacher preparation for work with family, school, and community partnership issues. Contents:

• Introduction by Diana Hiatt-Michael
• School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Linking Theory to Practice by Beth S. Simon and Joyce L. Epstein
• Family Involvement in Federal Education Programs by Oliver C. Moles Jr.
• Home-School Communication by Diana Hiatt-Michael
• Parent-Child Literacy Projects by Francesca K. Pomerantz
• Family Centers in Schools: Expanding Possibilities for Partnerships by Vivian R. Johnson
• Family Participation in Decision Making and Advocacy by Don Davies
• Parent Education as an Essential Component of Family Involvement Programs by Mary P. DiCamillo
• Educating Professionals for School, Family, and Community Partnerships by Howard Kirschenbaum