stories, strategies, and promising practices for educating every child /
Anne Wescott Dodd and Jean L. Konzal.
New York :
Palgrave,
2002.
xx, 347 pages :
illustrations ;
25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-332) and index.
pt. 1. Parent and community involvement today: challenges and problems -- Why parents, educators, and community members must work together -- The traditional home-school-community relationship: tensions and limitations -- From confrontation to conversation: the story of the South Wellington parent's special-education group -- Conflict about school change: the story of Springfield Regional High School -- pt. 2. Beyond parent involvement: connecting home, school, and community -- Changing the paradigm: the home-school-community relationship as synergistic -- Getting started: building a foundation of trust and respect -- pt. 3. Moving closer to the new paradigm: profiles and practices -- A place where everybody knows your name: Greenbrook Elementary School -- Creating a community of difference: Crossroads Middle School -- Linking home, school, and community: a sampling of strategies and practices -- Rethinking what it takes to education all children.
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Cites a community's responsibility in fostering an effective public school system, presenting a radical democratic vision that involves every member of a community in shaping its children.
Community and school-- United States.
Education-- Parent participation-- United States.
Home and school-- United States.
Éducation-- Participation des parents-- États-Unis.