Many Americans worry about what they see as a growing gulf between the American public and its public schools. Troubling trends seem to indicate a fraying relationship among families, schools, and communities. Education reform has become the topic of many conversations as well as books and articles. There is widespread agreement that schools and education curricula need to be fixed, but there is no agreement on how this can be accomplished. Educators across the nation are implementing ideas and strategies that are making a difference in children's lives and in the health and well being of our communities. Structured in ten chapters, this book will help educators weave some of the best ideas for creating and sustaining family and community engagement into a comprehensive home-school-community partnership program tailored to their own communities. Website references and URLs for additional exploration are included. For educational leaders, teachers, and family and community advocates interested in creating and maintaining home-school-community partnerships and collaborative initiatives.

Home, School, and Community Partnerships

Education & Teaching

Decker, Larry E.

Decker, Virginia A.

Schools & Teaching

R&L Education

Home, School, and Community Partnerships (Scarecrow Education Book)

Book by Decker, Larry E., Decker, Virginia A.

Home/School/Community Involvement

Amer Assn School Administrator

People helping people: An overview of community education by Larry E. Decker (Community education how to series)

Pendell Publishing

Book by Kilbourne, Larry, Decker, Larry E., Romney, Valerie A.

Rebuilding the Partnership for Public Education

Kilbourne, Larry

Romney, Valerie A.

Community Collaborators

This publication brings together ideas, techniques, and designs that have been encountered by designers of school community centers. It is intended as a guide to creating a school community center that will meet the needs of a particular community and help make it a more vibrant, healthy, desirable place in which to live. Part I (encompassing chapters 1-3) is an overview that discusses the following topics: the evolution of the school community center, changing profiles and challenges of education, and school community centers today--basic characteristics, programs, planning and design considerations, site, security, and examples. Part II focuses on the process. Chapter 4 addresses interagency linkages. Chapter 5 describes the change process--the change agent, decision-making process, cultivating allies, bureaucratic bargaining, political action, and change to a school community center. Chapter 6 looks at planning for change, including planning groups, planning for action, toward consensus, and forming and weighing options. Part III considers potential barriers. Chapter 7 identifies major barriers to change initiatives in educational systems and other concerns; Chapter 8 discusses solving problems. Topics in chapter 8 are as follows: selecting consultants, compromise, legal issues, funding, complexity, and confidentiality. Focus of part IV is on facility operation. Three chapters (9-11) cover the building, managing the center, and key elements for success. Contains 33 references. (YLB)

School Community Centers: Guidelines for Interagency Planners

Politics & Social Sciences

Ringers, Joseph, Jr.

Social Sciences

Community School: Serving Children, Families, and Communities

Diverse Partnerships for Student Success

Diverse Partnerships for Student Success is based on the deep conviction that schools function best in collaboration with the larger community. It offers strategies and tolls to help educational leaders create successful partnerships in a socioeconomically and culturally diverse society and presents information on how to identify relevant demographic trends to address the educational, cultural, vocational, and recreational needs of students and citizens. Grounded in ISLLC and NCATE standards, the book offers comprehensive, research-based information; concrete program ideas; and numerous Internet sites for additional help in creating and sustaining family and community engagement. It presents strategies for involving people―individually and collectively―in agencies, businesses, and organizations to mobilize the resources of the entire community. Diverse Partnerships for Student Success will assist educational and community leaders in developing, implementing, and sustaining a comprehensive partnership system that helps all children succeed academically.

Diverse Partnerships for Student Success: Strategies and Tools to Help School Leaders

Brown, Pamela M.

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