Selected Resources on Family and Community Engagement

• A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community connections on Student Achievement by Anne T. Henderson and Karen L. Mapp (SEDL, 2002)

• Beyond the Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family-School Partnerships by Anne T. Henderson, Karen L. Mapp, Vivian R. John, and Don Davies (The New Press, 2007)

• Family engagement and children with disabilities: A resource guide for parents and educators by Ferrel, J. (2012) Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project.

• Handbook on Family and Community Engagement by Sam Redding, Marilyn Murphy, & Pamela Sheley, Editors (2011) Academic Development Institute

• Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago by Bryk, A. Sebring, P., Allensworth, E., Luppescu, S., & Easton, J. (The University of Chicago Press, 2010)

• Partnerships in Education: A Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships (2014)

• Harvard Family Research Project
  • Beyond Random Acts: Family, School, and Community Engagement as an Integral Part of Education Reform by Heather Weiss, M. Elena Lopez & Heidi Rosenberg (1210)
  • Family Engagement in Anytime, Anywhere Learning by Lopez, E. and Caspe, M. (2014)
  • The Challenge of Cross-Cultural Family-School Communication by Elise Trumbull (2011)
  
  
• Family-School Partnership Lab
  • Hoover-Dempsey & Sandler Model of Parental Involvement (2005)
  
  
• National Network of Partnership Schools
  • School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Preparing Educators and Improving Schools, Second Edition, by Joyce L. Epstein (2011)
  
  
• SEDL National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools
  • How Districts Can Lay the Groundwork for Lasting Family Engagement
  • A Toolkit for Title I Parental Involvement
  • Working Systemically: Engaging Family & Community
  
  

Last Updated: October 3, 2014