Strengthening school-family partnerships - Shellard, Elizabeth; Protheroe, Nancy (Educational Research Service, 2006)
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What do we know about family involvement? -- Studying the question of why parents get involved -- The role schools and teachers play -- Teacher impact on parent involvement -- What should family involvement look like? -- Barriers to family involvement -- Cultural barriers to family involvement with schools -- Increasing challenges as students move through the grades -- Schoolwide approaches to strengthening the home-school connection -- Table 1. - Parent opinions on school information practices -- The teacher's role in building relationships -- Using technology to make connections with families-some brief examples