Title: ERS focus on strengthening school-family partnerships.
Authors: Educational Research Service (Arlington, Va.)
Publisher: Educational Research Service,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Home and school United States.; Education Parent participation United States; Parent-teacher relationships United States.; Eltern.; Kooperation.; Schule.; USA.
Contents: What do we know about family involvement? -- Studying the question of why parents get involved -- The role schools and teachers play -- Teacher impact on parent involvement -- What should family involvement look like? -- Barriers to family involvement -- Cultural barriers to family involvement with schools -- Increasing challenges as students move through the grades -- Schoolwide approaches to strengthening the home-school connection -- Table 1. - Parent opinions on school information practices -- The teacher's role in building relationships -- Using technology to make connections with families-some brief examples.