Needs of families and students change as students grow older but the need for partnerships remains constant. Partnerships need students. Student involvement is important, since they are they very reason for creating partnerships in the first place. Partnerships include the community. Partnerships include the hard to reach, including single parent families, families with two working parents, families without phones, etc.
Partnerships link the curriculum and student learning.
Helping parents learn often encourages them to help their children learn. Educational research makes it clear that children are more successful learners in and out of school when parents are actively involved in their children's learning at home. What Parents Should Know helps educators explain what Title I is, how it works, and how it benefits children and parents, and gives parents practical tips for helping their children learn and being a part of the Title I school team. Experiences of 15 leaders of successful schoolwides. Critical vehicle to support the change process for public education 7-14 in Rhode Island.