Learning
Compact
A learning compact is "a written commitment indicating how all members of a school community--parents, teachers, principals, students, and concerned community members--agree to share responsibility for student learning," note deKanter, Ginsburg, Pederson, and Peterson (1997). Such agreements affirm the importance of school-family partnerships by defining the goals, expectations, and responsibilities of schools and families in educating children.
A learning compact is the foundation of any action plan for developing family-school-community partnerships. To ensure ease in understanding among all participants, a learning compact should be simply written in English or the native language of the parents (U.S. Department of Education, 1994).
For further information on learning compacts, refer to the following sources:
