Family & Community

Critical Issues in Family & Community

• NCLB Option—Choosing to Change Schools

• Supporting Ways Parents and Families Can Become Involved in Schools

• Creating the School Climate and Structures to Support Parent and Family Involvement

• Constructing School Partnerships with Families and Community Groups

• Developing an Applied and Integrated Curriculum

• Developing Work-Based Learning Opportunities

• Working in Partnership with Business, Labor, and the Community

• Providing Professional Development Activities for School-to-Work Initiatives

• Improving School-to-Work Transition for All Students

• Restructuring Schools to Support School-Linked Services

• Addressing Confidentiality Concerns in School-Linked Integrated Service Efforts

Archived Favorites

• Involving the Community in Prevention

• Using Prevention Principles to Develop Comprehensive Services

• Developing and Maintaining Safe Schools

• Infusing Prevention into the Curriculum

Supporting Materials

• Urban Parent Involvement
• School and Family Involvement Surveys
• Literature Review and Database of Promising Practices for Parent Involvement Programs
• NCREL Essay: What Does Research Say About Interagency Collaboration?
• NCREL Essay: Why Should Schools Be Learning Communities?
• Putting the Pieces Together: Comprehensive School-Linked Strategies for Children and Families

Additional Resources

• Project Success is a statewide initiative in Illinois that focuses on strengthening the family and community by connecting state agencies, providers of local services, and schools.

• Internet Links
  Although NCREL takes care in selecting other Internet sites to which it links or points, such selection does not imply endorsement by NCREL, its partners, or funding agents.
  
• New Skills for New Schools: Preparing Teachers in Family Involvement
  This online document from the U.S. Department of Education emphasizes the importance of family involvement in schools and suggests strategies for preparing teachers for working with families.
• Summit Education Initiative
  The mission of this nonprofit organization is to mobilize community partnership to improve schooling and learning.
• Children, Youth, and Families Education and Research Network (CYFERNet)
  The Cooperative Extension System's (CES) children, youth, and family information service provides a central source for five cooperating networks and more than 100 community-based programs.
• Partnership for Family Involvement Partnerships in Education
  Department of Education resources for parents, professionals, and the community.
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education
  Information on the services and products of the clearinghouse and full-text of the ERIC/EECE newsletter.
• National Parent Information Network
  Network operated by two ERIC clearinghouses offers news, resources, and products for parents as well as a mechanism to submit a question to AskERIC.
• Strong Families, Strong Schools
  Review of new research findings on the importance of family involvement in children's learning, model programs, and suggested roles for family members.
• Reaching All Families
  Department of Education presents strategies to create family-friendly schools.
• Superkids Software Review
  Provides impartial reviews of children's educational software by parents, teachers, and kids.

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