For prospective and current educational administrators learning about school and community relations. A well-researched text that presents school officials with information on how to establish effective relationships in the school community. This best-selling text provides school officials with a practice guide to successfully implementing effective communication with their staff and the community - while also providing readers with the research that explains how each strategy will improve school quality, community participation, and student learning. The School and Community Relations is organized in such a way that students learn how to establish a working community relations program in an easy-to-understand and step-by-step fashion. In addition, the text's authors are comprised of experienced practitioners and educators that have gained their knowledge and tested their strategies in school systems around the country.

The theory, research, and practice of communication planning The field of school and community communications is rapidly evolving and becoming more complex. Focusing on successfully implementing communication activities with both internal and external audiences, The School and Community Relations is a widely used resource for overcoming these emerging complexities. Drawing on theory and research, the text stresses the generation of communication outcomes that far surpass simple dissemination of information, proactively identifying and engaging the right audiences. The 12th Edition has been extensively updated with school communication expert interviews, video resources, communications tools, and more.