Handbook of School-Family Partnerships

Editors: Christenson, Sandra L. and Reschly, Amy L.
Publication Year: 2010
Publisher: Routledge

Single-User Purchase Price: $330.00
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ISBN: 978-0-415-96376-3
Category: Social Sciences - Education
Image Count: 35
Book Status: Available

Family-school partnerships are increasingly touted as a means of improving both student and school improvement. This recognition has led to an increase in policies and initiatives that offer the following benefits: improved communication between parents and educators; home and school goals that are mutually supportive and shared; better understanding of the complexities impinging on children's development; and pooling of family and school resources to find and implement solutions to shared goals. This is the first comprehensive review of what is known about the effects of home-school partnerships on student and school achievement. It provides a brief history of home-school partnerships, presents evidence-based practices for working with families across developmental stages, and provides an agenda for future research and policy.

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