num_pages: 92
description: To address the high dropout rate of Hispanic students, some educators have discovered the powerful role of parents- including parents who speak little or no English- can play in advancing educational goals. Based on her own research and the research and practice of others, Bermúdez describes training programs for parents and teachers, model programs for home-community partnerships, and collaboration between institutions of higher education and school systems.
title: Doing Our Homework: How Schools Can Engage Hispanic Communities
titlecomplete: Doing Our Homework: How Schools Can Engage Hispanic Communities
publisher: Eric Clearinghouse on Rural