A cord of three strands
Subtitle: a new approach to parent engagement in schools
By: Soo Hong ; [foreword by Jean Anyon]
Contributors: Anyon, Jean
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781934742549; 9781934742822
Subjects: Eltern; Parent participation; Schule; Chicago; Deutschland; Logan Square Neighborhood Association (Chicago, Ill.); Case studies; Community and school; Education; Home and school; Kooperation; Deutschland Grenzschutzkommando Mitte Schule
Other titles: Cord of 3 strands
Description: How can low-income, non-English-speaking parents become advocates, leaders, and role models in their children's schools? A Cord of Three Strands offers a close study of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, a grassroots organization on the northwest side of Chicago, whose work with parents and schools has drawn national attention. The author identifies three elements--induction, integration, and investment--that together capture the dynamic and developmental nature of successful parent engagement.
Notes: "A close study of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, a grassroots organization on the northwest side of Chicago, whose work with parents and schools has drawn national attention"--Page 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index.

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Table of contents: title: Challenging the tradition : revealing the transformative potential of parent engagement --; title: A community responds: the Logan Square Neighborhood Association and the reinvention of school-community relationships --; title: Building community within schools : one school's connection with parents and families --; title: Seeing things eye to eye : a mutually engaging model for parent participation --; title: The ties that bind : a relational approach to parent engagement --; title: Not just dreams : transforming lives and communities --; title: Conclusion : an ecology of parent engagement --; title: A layered ethnography : at the crossroads of relationship, theory, and methodology.