Handbook of School-Family Partnerships |
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| Editor:
| Christenson, Sandra L.
Reschly, Amy L. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-96376-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2009 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $150.00 |
Book Description:
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Family and community involvement are increasingly touted as a means of improving both student and school-level achievement. This has led to an increase in policies, initiatives and goals designed to address family involvement in schools. Once recognized and implemented, such family-school partnerships can lead to the following benefits: enhanced communication and coordination between parents and educators; continuity in developmental goals and approaches across family and school...
More DescriptionFamily and community involvement are increasingly touted as a means of improving both student and school-level achievement. This has led to an increase in policies, initiatives and goals designed to address family involvement in schools. Once recognized and implemented, such family-school partnerships can lead to the following benefits: enhanced communication and coordination between parents and educators; continuity in developmental goals and approaches across family and school contexts; shared ownership and commitment to educational goals; increased understanding of the complexities of children's situations; and the pooling of family and school resources to find and implement quality solutions to shared goals.