This booklet is designed for school administrators and teachers in their efforts to involve parents and families as more active participants in their children's education.
Suggested strategies are appropriate for all students, including students with special needs.
This book explains why family involvement is so important to learning. It summarizes recent research and offers practical tips to parents, schools, businesses, and community groups about how to connect families to the learning process. This booklet contains profiles of exemplary business programs around the nation that promote family involvement in learning. The programs can serve as models for other businesses and can be a resource for school and community leaders who are opening a dialogue with businesses in their area. The America Goes Back to School effort is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.