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"""This book should be required reading in any course on school improvement or school leadership, and for anyone seeking to look beyond quick fixes towards more durable supports for student learning."" -Carolyn Riehl, Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University ""Provides a firm foundation for the challenge inherent in implementing the complex process of school, family, and community interaction."" -Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk ""Offers educators a framework for thinking about, talking about, and actually building comprehensive programs for school and family partnerships."" -Hispanic Outlook ""The strengths of this book are: 1) its extensive research on parents and their perceptions of school involvement; teacher perception and understanding of parent involvement; and students' thinking about family involvement, 2) its combination of research and application, and policy initiatives in one text, 3) the clear, matter-of-fact writing style, which draws the reader into the work, and 4) the detailed history of the theories and practices of the family-school relationship in children's learning."" -Teachers College Record""Well-organized and contains activities based on theory and research that all school leaders can really put into practice."" --NASSP Bulletin"

This book should be required reading in any course on school improvement or school leadership, and for anyone seeking to look beyond quick fixes towards more durable supports for student learning. -Carolyn Riehl, Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University Provides a firm foundation for the challenge inherent in implementing the complex process of school, family, and community interaction. -Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk Offers educators a framework for thinking about, talking about, and actually building comprehensive programs for school and family partnerships. -Hispanic Outlook The strengths of this book are: 1) its extensive research on parents and their perceptions of school involvement; teacher perception and understanding of parent involvement; and students' thinking about family involvement, 2) its combination of research and application, and policy initiatives in one text, 3) the clear, matter-of-fact writing style, which draws the reader into the work, and 4) the detailed history of the theories and practices of the family-school relationship in children's learning. -Teachers College Record Well-organized and contains activities based on theory and research that all school leaders can really put into practice. --NASSP Bulletin

Provides a firm foundation for the challenge inherent in implementing the complex process of school, family, and community interaction. <br>-- Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk <br><br> Offers educators a framework for thinking about, talking about, and actually building comprehensive programs for school and family partnerships. <br>-- Hispanic Outlook <br><br> The strengths of this book are: 1) its extensive research on parents and their perceptions of school involvement; teacher perception and understanding of parent involvement; and students' thinking about family involvement, 2) its combination of research and application, and policy initiatives in one text, 3) the clear, matter-of-fact writing style, which draws the reader into the work, and 4) the detailed history of the theories and practices of the family-school relationship in children's learning. <br>-- Teachers College Record

Provides a firm foundation for the challenge inherent in implementing the complex process of school, family, and community interaction. -- Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk Offers educators a framework for thinking about, talking about, and actually building comprehensive programs for school and family partnerships. -- Hispanic Outlook The strengths of this book are: 1) its extensive research on parents and their perceptions of school involvement; teacher perception and understanding of parent involvement; and students' thinking about family involvement, 2) its combination of research and application, and policy initiatives in one text, 3) the clear, matter-of-fact writing style, which draws the reader into the work, and 4) the detailed history of the theories and practices of the family-school relationship in children's learning. -- Teachers College Record

This book should be required reading in any course on school improvement or school leadership, and for anyone seeking to look beyond quick fixes towards more durable supports for student learning. -Carolyn Riehl, Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University Provides a firm foundation for the challenge inherent in implementing the complex process of school, family, and community interaction. -Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk Offers educators a framework for thinking about, talking about, and actually building comprehensive programs for school and family partnerships. -Hispanic Outlook The strengths of this book are: 1) its extensive research on parents and their perceptions of school involvement; teacher perception and understanding of parent involvement; and students' thinking about family involvement, 2) its combination of research and application, and policy initiatives in one text, 3) the clear, matter-of-fact writing style, which draws the reader into the work, and 4) the detailed history of the theories and practices of the family-school relationship in children's learning. -Teachers College Record Well-organized and contains activities based on theory and research that all school leaders can really put into practice. --NASSP Bulletin Epstein has her hand on one of the most crucial levers for improving our educational system. The definitive sourcebook for teachers and scholars. --Kevin Ryan, Boston University

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Joyce L. Epstein is director of the centre on School, Family, and Community Partnerships and National Network of Partnership Schools, principal research scientist at the centre for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk, and research professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of more than 100 publications on the nature and effects of family involvement.

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