Family Engagement

Resources

Additional resources—beyond those listed here—can be found by searching our Resources Database. Listed below are some of the items on Family Engagement that can be found in our database. Related search terms such as 'parental involvement' or 'family involvement' may identify additional resources, including those that have been added recently.

Publications

Connect for success: Building a teacher, parent, teen alliance. (2001). Belmont, MA: Recruiting New Teachers, Inc. (RNT).

Henderson, A. T. & Berla, N. (1995). A new generation of evidence: The family is critical to student achievement. Washington, DC: Center for Law and Education.

Kakli, A., Kreider, H., & Little, P. (2006). Focus on families! How to build and support family-centered practices in after school. Retrieved July 17, 2006, from: www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/content/projects/afterschool/ resources/families/guide.pdf.

National Parent Teacher Association. National standards for parent/family involvement programs (2001). Retrieved March 7, 2002, from: www.pta.org/parentinvolvement/.

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). (2002). Efforts by public K-8 schools to involve parents in children's education: Do schools and parents agree? Washington, DC: NCES. Retrieved July 17, 2006, from: nces.ed.gov/pubs2001/2001076.pdf.

Web Sites

The National Parent Teacher Assocation (PTA) is the largest volunteer child advocacy organization in the United States.

The mission of the National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE) is simple: to advocate the involvement of parents and families in their children's education, and to foster relationships between home, school, and community to enhance the education of all our nation's young people.

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