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Promising Practices for Family and Community Involvement During High School (Hardcover, New)
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Promising Practices for Family and Community Involvement During High School (Hardcover, New)
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This volume focuses on family and community connections with
education during the high school years. In comparison to the wealth
of attention that has been focused on involving parents with
schools during the early childhood and elementary school years,
less attention has been directed to parents of high school students
and fewer educational programs have been developed to forge
connections between family, community, students, and educators at
the high school level. Researchers have found that family and
community have a very significant impact on student achievement and
on post secondary attainment despite the considerable decline in
parental involvement by high school. Educators know that family and
community factors are important for student success in high school
while, at the same time, they identify working with families and
connecting the curriculum to the community as difficult. Currently,
scholars from various fields are involved in conducting research to
better understand how schools can best enhance the education of the
young through interactions with students' families and communities.
Educational practitioners also are pioneering efforts to involve
and serve families as well as to connect with communities in order
to enrich the educational environment and enlarge opportunities for
students, teachers, families, and community members. This volume,
which will be of interest to both researchers and educators,
reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the field. The
contributors were recruited from diverse fields and workplaces.
Chapters are organized into two sections to reflect whether the
genesis of the work described is from theory and research or from
practice and policy. Chapters originating from theory and research
address: adolescent development and family involvement; the role of
family and community in extracurricular activity participation; and
the evolution of trust relationships in school community
partnership development. Chapters originating from practice and
policy address: transition to high school, using the community as a
'text' for learning; career education partnerships with businesses,
post secondary institutions, and community organizations; as well
as, state policies and programs that support parental involvement
in postsecondary planning.
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