Family and Community Involvement in Student Learning
Briefs and Reports
As data collection, analysis, and decision making expand on state and local levels, so does the expectation of effectively communicating data to the families of school children and their communities. Surveys indicate that people value receiving information on their schools (Owens & Peltier, 2002). They want to know how their schools are doing and are interested in receiving more detailed information (Owens & Peltier).
Becoming a parent, at any age, can be a life-altering experience. Regardless of race, education, and socio-economic status, motherhood—and fatherhood—uniformly places demands on one’s life that were non-existent prior to the birth of a child. When school-aged students become parents, the new responsibilities can be overwhelming. For teenage parents who lack support from their own parents, this experience can be even more daunting as they seek support in adult-oriented systems, which even older parents may find challenging.
This brief addresses the questions: What are some examples of underachieving schools that have involved parents and community partners to increase student achievement through building a focus on college and career readiness? How do they solicit community response and what contributions have parents/community members made to support a college and career readiness environment? What does the research say about this topic?
In this module, you will learn research-based strategies for helping children transition into the early grades and develop a strong foundation for academic success.
This strategy brief includes ideas for involving families actively in the decision-making and implementation efforts needed for school improvement.
This strategy brief discusses the importance of school-family connections in ensuring a successful transition from PreK to Kindergarten.
This strategy brief discusses strategies for successful family involvement at the middle school and high school levels.
The purpose of this guide is to help parents understand the school transfer option when a school has not met the standards required by the No Child Left Behind Act. Also available in Spanish.
The purpose of this guide is to help parents understand the school transfer option when a school has not met the standards required by the No Child Left Behind Act. Also available in Spanish.
This strategy brief examines proactive strategies schools can use to help them build strong relationships with family and community.
This strategy brief includes strategies schools can use to promote involvement of families from diverse cultural backgrounds.
In this interactive research brief, you will learn eight types of family and community connections as well as discover the benefits of family and community connections with schools. You will also discover how to plan strategies for increasing or developing family and community involvement in your school.
In this module you will learn research-based strategies that involve families and partner organizations to support learning in a variety of settings other than the classroom. You will also explore a framework for effective family and community involvement that is based on current research.
This strategy brief was produced by SEDL's National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools, part of SEDL's Regional Educational Laboratory contract. The Center links people with research-based information and resources that they can use to effectively connect schools, families, and communities.
This strategy brief was produced by SEDL's National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools, part of SEDL's Regional Educational Laboratory contract. The Center links people with research-based information and resources that they can use to effectively connect schools, families, and communities.
Este libretto es para padres de familia que desean comprender el cómo y el por qué las escuelas están cambiando sus metodologías de enseanza. Lo llevará adentro de salones de clases que están utilizando metodologías inovativas en el aprendizaje - con resultados impresionantes.
This paper focuses in greater depth on the kinds of changes and commitments needed from school systems if service learning and entrepreneurial education projects are to succeed.
Benefits2: Collaborative strategies for revitalizing rural schools and communities (2000)
This issue of the Benefits series of papers focuses on strategies for using a formal school-community collaborative to help plan and implement successful projects.
This issue of the Benefits series of papers focuses on strategies for using a formal school-community collaborative to help plan and implement successful projects.
This paper discusses ways in which rural communities and schools can work together to guarantee their students receive the best education possible.
This issue, the last in the Benefits series of papers, continues our focus on approaches and tools that can help to guide collaborative groups.
This paper is dedicated to discussing ways in which rural communities and schools can work together to guarantee their students receive the best education possible.
This paper is dedicated to discussing ways in which rural communities and schools can work together to guarantee their students receive the best education possible.
This report discusses the efficiency of study circles in increasing interaction between the public and state decision makers.
This publication is the final report from the Collaborative Action Team (CAT) project and includes information about participants, characteristics and implementation of the CAT process, research design and methodology, site characteristics, sustainability, student outcomes, results in CAT sites, and implications and recommendations.
This brief is the last in a series of Insights on SEDL's investigation of the potential use of study circles to engage the public and state-level decision makers in discussions about education.
This booklet is for parents who want to understand how and why schools are changing their approach. The booklet takes you inside classrooms that are using innovative approaches to learning—with impressive results.
This brief examines the potential of deliberative dialogue as a tool for connecting state policymakers and the public.
This publication discusses various processes of public deliberation in regard to school reform and diversity issues.
This brief introduces the concept of deliberative dialogue and its potential utility for policymakers, communities, and educators.
Creating New Governance Structures (1994)
This publication discusses the trend toward increasing local participation in designing and implementing new structures for education, health, and human services delivery and provides examples taken from California, Colorado, and Kentucky.
This publication discusses the trend toward increasing local participation in designing and implementing new structures for education, health, and human services delivery and provides examples taken from California, Colorado, and Kentucky.
