Engaging families in education not only improves student achievement, but also strengthens families, boosts teacher effectiveness, and builds community. Everyone wins! In this easy-to-use guide, a Harvard-based team uses the latest research to help teachers, administrators, and FACE coordinators design and implement programs wisely and with confidence that all students will benefit.

Key Features :

i : Provides clear, specific examples of practices that really made a difference, for students, teachers and families
ii : Shows how engaging families with home-school partnerships improves student learning and development
iii : Supports teacher morale and effectiveness with ways to develop close relationships with students and families
iv : Whatever schools are doing now will work better when stakeholders add the research-backed practices identified in this book
v : Offers advice for all levels—early childhood through high school