Learning Resources

Leadscape is now accepting applications!. Download the application (PDF).

Find out what we’ve been up to! Download the Quarterly Report here!

New Project Forum report on Principal Preparedness to Support Diverse Learners

ability abridged accommodations accuracy action activities administrators adolescent alliance alternate america applies asian assistance attitudes author background blind building characteristics coaching cognitive collaborative collection compared comprehensive conditions connections content context continuing copied council counselors creating critical current database decision describes determine developmental discrimination disorders disparities disproportionality distribution documents download economic efforts emailed emotional engagement ensure environment equalization equitable exceptional expectations explores express factors focus focuses framework funding future gender general gifted governance graduation handbook handouts health helping higher hispanic holder human identity immigrant impact implementation implications important income increasing indicator inequality influence initiative inquiry institute integration interactions international intervening involvement justice kindergarten knowledge large latino leaders lessons listserv local longitudinal making management material matters means mental methods monitoring multicultural multiple number offers organization original paper peers people perceptions permission personal perspectives planning population posted postsecondary poverty power powerpoints preparation preschool prevention print problem process proficiency progress project promoting property psychology psycinfo published questions rates readiness recommendations record reduce refer reflective related relationship requirements retardation selected series serve settings significant sites skills slide society socioeconomic specific start statistics status stereotype structure struggling suggests survey teams technical technology topical total training trends universal users version warranty working writing written years young youth

Category: family partnerships

Category » family partnerships

  • pdf

    A Family Guide to Response to Intervention (RtI)

    1/23/10 - National Center for Learning Disabilities

    This booklet reviews the basic components of any RtI process and includes questions you might want to ask your child’s school to learn more about their RtI process. Also included are ways you can get involved in the process and what to do and where to go if you have questions or concerns.

  • pdf

    A Guide for Advancing Family-Centered and Culturally and Linguistically Competent Care

    1/12/09 - Goode, T., Jones, W.

    Family-centered care and cultural and linguistic competence are essential approaches to address the multiple strengths, needs, and preferences of this nation’s families who have children and youth with special health care needs. MCHB convened a meeting to explore ways in which family-centered care and cultural and linguistic competence could be integrated in a more effective manner to support and sustain a community-based system of services that are comprehensive, coordinated, and...

  • pdf

    A Look at Community Schools

    1/30/09 - Saba Bireda

    "Children living in poverty face many obstacles outside the classroom that can hinder their success in the classroom. Unaddressed health care needs interfere with learning and cause low attendance. Inadequate and inconsistent housing may deprive students of a safe and quiet place to study. A lack of affordable and accessible child care forces many young adults to sacrifice learning opportunities to care for younger family members. And poverty’s economic stress may cause students to be less...

  • pdf

    A New Wave of Evidence:The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement

    1/5/09 - Anne T. Henderson, Karen L. Mapp

    "This review of the research examines the growing evidence that family and community connections with schools make a difference in student success. It is a synthesis of 51 studies about the impact of family and community involvement on student achievement, and effective strategies to connect schools, families and community. This publication is the second in the series of annual research syntheses by SEDL's National Center for Family & Community Connections with Schools, and the fourth in the...

  • pdf

    And the journey continues...Achieving cultural and linguistic competence in systems serving children and youth with special health care needs and their families

    1/2/09 - Tawara D. Goode, Wendy Jones, Clare Dunne, Suzanne Bronheim

    The following “postcards from the road” provide snapshots of the accomplishments of state and territorial programs in infusing cultural and linguistic competence in policies, practices and structures. Complete stories are presented in the section entitled, “How are the States and Territories Traveling?”

  • pdf

    Back to School: Tips for Parents of Children with Special Needs

    1/1/10 - Wernsing, K.

    A new school year means a new grade, new teachers, new goals, and maybe even a new school! In order to help you and your child with special needs be as successful as you can be, we’ve put together a list of eight helpful back-to-school tips that we hope will make the transition into a new school year a little easier for you and your child.

  • pdf

    Complicating Inclusivity and Dis/Ability: Exploring the Relationship between Families’Social Capital and Their Expectations of Educational Systems

    1/13/09 - Elizabeth B. Kozleski , Kathleen A. King , Amanda L. Sullivan

    In this paper, we explore the features of social mechanisms as they play out in the ways in which families perceive and respond to the notions of inclusive education for their children.

  • pdf

    Did You Know?: 10 Things Any School Can Do to Build Parent Involvement…. Plus 5 Great Ways to Fail!

    1/1/05 - Wherry, J.H.

    The Family School Linkages (FSL) Project of the National Institute for Urban School, now the Equity Alliance at ASU, worked with schools and families to think about and improve relationships between schools and all the families of their students. A growing number of studies show that when family members talk to their children about schooling, participate with school personnel, and support their children’s efforts, the students achieve more, attend more regularly, and are more motivated and...

  • pdf

    Did You Know?: 10 Things Any School Can Do to Build Parent Involvement…. Plus 5 Great Ways to Fail!

    1/1/05 - Wherry, J.H.

    The Family School Linkages (FSL) Project of the National Institute for Urban School, now the Equity Alliance at ASU, worked with schools and families to think about and improve relationships between schools and all the families of their students. A growing number of studies show that when family members talk to their children about schooling, participate with school personnel, and support their children’s efforts, the students achieve more, attend more regularly, and are more motivated and...

  • pdf

    Did You Know?: About the Difference Between “Parent Involvement” and “Family/Community Linkages”?

    1/1/05 - Ferguson, D.

    The Family School Linkages (FSL) Project of the National Institute for Urban School, now the Equity Alliance at ASU, worked with schools and families to think about and improve relationships between schools and all the families of their students. A growing number of studies show that when family members talk to their children about schooling, participate with school personnel, and support their children’s efforts, the students achieve more, attend more regularly, and are more motivated and...

  • pdf

    Did You Know?: About the Difference Between “Parent Involvement” and “Family/Community Linkages”?

    1/1/05 - Ferguson, D.

    The Family School Linkages (FSL) Project of the National Institute for Urban School, now the Equity Alliance at ASU, worked with schools and families to think about and improve relationships between schools and all the families of their students. A growing number of studies show that when family members talk to their children about schooling, participate with school personnel, and support their children’s efforts, the students achieve more, attend more regularly, and are more motivated and...

  • pdf

    Did You Know?: What High School Students Think about Their Families Being Involved in School?

    1/1/05 - Ottke-Moore, C.

    The Family School Linkages (FSL) Project of the National Institute for Urban School, now the Equity Alliance at ASU, worked with schools and families to think about and improve relationships between schools and all the families of their students. A growing number of studies show that when family members talk to their children about schooling, participate with school personnel, and support their children’s efforts, the students achieve more, attend more regularly, and are more motivated and...

  • pdf

    Did You Know?: What High School Students Think about Their Families Being Involved in School?

    1/1/05 - Ottke-Moore, C.

    The Family School Linkages (FSL) Project of the National Institute for Urban School, now the Equity Alliance at ASU, worked with schools and families to think about and improve relationships between schools and all the families of their students. A growing number of studies show that when family members talk to their children about schooling, participate with school personnel, and support their children’s efforts, the students achieve more, attend more regularly, and are more motivated and...

  • pdf

    Did You Know??? About Successful Strategies for Involving Migrant Families?

    1/1/05 - Anne Stilwell & Dianne Ferguson

    The Family School Linkages (FSL) Project of the National Institute for Urban School, now the Equity Alliance at ASU, worked with schools and families to think about and improve relationships between schools and all the families of their students. A growing number of studies show that when family members talk to their children about schooling, participate with school personnel, and support their children’s efforts, the students achieve more, attend more regularly, and are more motivated and...

  • pdf

    Did You Know??? About Four Ways to Increase Parental Efficacy?

    1/1/05 - Anne Stilwell & Dianne Ferguson

    The Family School Linkages (FSL) Project of the National Institute for Urban School, now the Equity Alliance at ASU, worked with schools and families to think about and improve relationships between schools and all the families of their students. A growing number of studies show that when family members talk to their children about schooling, participate with school personnel, and support their children’s efforts, the students achieve more, attend more regularly, and are more motivated and...

  • pdf

    Did You Know??? What Parents of Special-Needs Kids Think About Their Child’s Educational Program?

    1/1/05 - Anne Stilwell

    The Family School Linkages (FSL) Project of the National Institute for Urban School, now the Equity Alliance at ASU, worked with schools and families to think about and improve relationships between schools and all the families of their students. A growing number of studies show that when family members talk to their children about schooling, participate with school personnel, and support their children’s efforts, the students achieve more, attend more regularly, and are more motivated and...

(45 Results) Page:  1 2 3