ED454322
UD034242
Title: School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Preparing
Educators and Improving Schools.
Author(s): Epstein, Joyce L.
Pages: 620
Publication Date: 2001
Sponsoring Agency: Lilly Endowment, Inc., Indianapolis, IN.
(BBB07475)@Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, New York, NY. (BBB11688)@Leon
Lowenstein Foundation, New York, NY. (BBB26387)@National Endowment
for the Arts, Washington, DC. (BBB04855)@Office of Educational Research
and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. (EDD00036)
ISBN:
0-8133-8755-8
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Westview Press, 5500 Central Avenue, Boulder,
CO 80301 ($35). Tel: 303-444-3541; Tel: 800-386-5656; Fax: 303-449-3356;
Web site: http://www.westviewpress.com.
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Guides--Classroom--Learner (051)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Colorado
Journal Announcement: RIENOV2001
Target Audience: Students
This book
examines how teachers and administrators can prepare themselves
to create positive relationships and productive partnerships with
families and communities. There are two main parts with seven chapters.
The chapters include readings by outside authors. Part 1, "Understanding
School, Family, and Community Partnerships," includes: (1)
"Introduction" (e.g., matching rhetoric with practice,
the need, the gap, the goals, and achieving the goals); (2) "Theory
and Overview," which includes "Toward a Theory of Family-School
Connections: Teacher Practices and Parent Involvement" (Joyce
L. Epstein) and "Perspectives and Previews on Research and
Policy" (Joyce L. Epstein); and (3) "Research," which
includes "Parent Involvement: A Survey of Teacher Practices"
(Henry Jay Becker and Joyce L. Epstein); "Teachers' Reported
Practices of Parent Involvement: Problems and Possibilities"
(Joyce L. Epstein and Henry Jay Becker); "School Programs and
Teacher Practices of Parent Involvement in Inner-City Elementary
and Middle Schools" (Joyce L. Epstein and Susan L. Dauber);
"Parents' Reactions to Teacher Practices of Parent Involvement"
(Joyce L. Epstein); "Single Parents and the Schools: Effects
of Marital Status on Parent and Teacher Interactions" (Joyce
L. Epstein); "Parents' Attitudes and Practices of Involvement
in Inner-City Elementary and Middle Schools" (Susan L. Dauber
and Joyce L. Epstein); "Effects on Student Achievement of Teachers'
Practices of Parent Involvement" (Joyce L. Epstein); and "Student
Reactions to Teachers' Practices of Parent Involvement" (Joyce
L. Epstein). Part 2, "Applying Research on School, Family,
and Community Partnerships," includes: (4) "Policy Implications,"
which features "Parent Involvement: State Education Agencies
Should Lead the Way" (Joyce L. Epstein); "Sample State
and District Policies on School, Family, and Community Partnerships";
and "A Question of Merit: Principals' and Parents' Evaluations
of Teachers" (Joyce L. Epstein); (5) "Framework for Developing
Comprehensive Partnership Programs," which offers "School,
Family, and Community Partnerships: Caring for the Children We Share"
(Joyce L. Epstein); (6) "Practical Applications: Linking Family
and Community Involvement to Student Learning," which features
"Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork (TIPS): Interactive
Homework in Math, Science, and Language Arts" (Joyce L. Epstein)
and "Organizing Productive Volunteers in the Middle Grades"
(Joyce L. Epstein); and (7) "Strategies for Action in Practice,
Policy, and Research." Each chapter includes discussion and
activities. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement; Educational Policy; Educational
Research; Elementary Secondary Education; *Family School Relationship;
Homework; Inner City; Marital Status; One Parent Family; Parent
Attitudes; *Parent Participation; Parent Teacher Cooperation; *Partnerships
in Education; School Community Programs; *School Community Relationship;
Teacher Attitudes; Urban Schools
