Related Web Sites
- Family Involvement Partnership for Learning
http://www.ed.gov/Family/
This site from the U.S. Department of Education contains information about how communities can foster better parent involvement in schools.
- Building Community Partnerships for Learning
http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/families/strong/
This ambitious Web site, based on the publication Strong Families, Strong Schools by Jennifer Ballen and Oliver Moles, is from the Education Resource Information Center (ERIC). It provides a review of the past 30 years of key research findings on the importance of involving families in their children's learning, examples of family-involvement efforts that are working, and concrete ways in which different participants in the family-involvement partnership can help achieve success.
- Pathways to School Improvement
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/pa0cont.htm
This site is maintained by the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL). It details critical issues relevant to the topic of parent and family involvement and also provides a listing of other pertinent resources.
- Partnership for Family Involvement in Education (PFIE)
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OIIA/pfie/
This site provides detailed information on PFIE, a collaborative sponsored primarily by the US Department of Education. PFIE was started in September 1994 by Secretary of Education Richard Riley in an effort to bring together employers, educators, families, religious groups, and community organizations to improve schools and raise student achievement.
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