School, family, and community partnerships preparing educators and improving schools

List of Tables and Figures Preface and Acknowledgments Part One - Understanding School, Family, and Community Partnerships 1 Introduction Matching Rhetoric with Practice The Need The Gap Evidence of Change Policies Encourage Preparation on Partnerships More Is Needed The Goals Achieving the Goals Using This Volume Setting a Course Featured Topics for Discussion Activities and Exercises Summary References 2 Theory and Overview Reading 2.1: Toward a Theory of Family-School Connections: Teacher Practices and Parent Involvement, Joyce L. Epstein Reading 2.2: Moving Forward: Ideas for Research on School, Family, and Community Partnerships, Joyce L. Epstein and Steven B. Sheldon Discussion and Activities 3 Research Reading 3.1: Parent Involvement: A Survey of Teacher Practices, Henry Jay Becker and Joyce L. Epstein Reading 3.2: Teachers' Reported Practices of Parent Involvement: Problems and Possibilities, Joyce L. Epstein and Henry Jay Becker Reading 3.3: School Programs and Teacher Practices of Parent Involvement in Inner-City Elementary and Middle Schools, Joyce L. Epstein and Susan L. Dauber Reading 3.4: Parents' Reactions to Teacher Practices of Parent Involvement, Joyce L. Epstein Reading 3.5: Single Parents and the Schools: Effects of Marital Status on Parent and Teacher Interactions, Joyce L. Epstein Reading 3.6: Parents' Attitudes and Practices of Involvement in Inner-City Elementary and Middle Schools, Susan L. Dauber and Joyce L. Epstein Reading 3.7: Effects on Student Achievement of Teachers' Practices of Parent Involvement, Joyce L. Epstein Reading 3.8: Homework Practices, Achievements, and Behaviors of Elementary School Students, Joyce L. Epstein Reading 3.9: Student Reactions to Teachers' Practices of Parent Involvement, Joyce L. Epstein Discussion and Activities Part Two - Applying Research on School, Family, and Community Partnerships 4 Policy Implications Reading 4.1: Parent Involvement: State Education Agencies Should Lead the Way, Joyce L. Epstein Reading 4.2: Sample State and District Policies on School, Family, and Community Partnerships Reading 4.3: Research Meets Policy and Practice: How Are School Districts Addressing NCLB Requirements for Parental Involvement?, Joyce L. Epstein Discussion and Activities 5 A Practical Framework for Developing Comprehensive Partnership Programs Reading 5.1: School, Family, and Community Partnerships--Caring for the Children We Share, Joyce L. Epstein Discussion and Activities 6 Practical Applications: Linking Family and Community Involvement to Student Learning Reading 6.1: More Than Minutes: Teachers' Roles in Designing Homework, Joyce L. Epstein and Frances L. Van Voorhis Reading 6.2: Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork (TIPS): Interactive Homework in Math, Science, and Language Arts, Joyce L. Epstein Reading 6.3: Organizing Productive Volunteers in the Middle Grades, Joyce L. Epstein Discussion and Activities 7 Strategies for Action in Practice, Policy, and Research Discussion and Activities Index