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This guide provides ideas and suggestions taken from research on family and community involvement in schools and can help school staff and others design a long-term approach to garnering the positive involvement of all concerned. These ideas represent the tip of the iceberg of what is possible. There are as many solutions for creating a comprehensive plan to involve parents, families, and the community in the education of children, as there are schools. Each school has its own demographic mix, community context, and history. Following are ideas that can be modified and expanded upon to suit the needs of the school.

When schools, families, and community groups work together to support learning, children tend to do better in school, stay in school longer, and like school more." That's the conclusion of A New Wave of Evidence, a report from SEDL.

Latinos1 have been continually overrepresented in low-skill and service sector U.S. jobs. One of the factors accounting for this is the educational experience of the Latino community, which has been characterized by low high school graduation rates, low college completion rates and substandard schooling conditions.2 As schools and policymakers seek to improve the educational conditions of Latinos, parental influence in the form of school involvement is assumed to play some role in shaping students' educational experiences.

Parent involvement is consistently cited as an important correlate of effective schools. For nearly a quarter of a century, research on parental and family involvement has documented that parents can do much to reinforce positive attitudes toward school, to prepare their children for school, and to support their children's efforts once they are in school.

Atlanta area mixed-income neighborhood feeds to same local charter school and test scores reflect great progress.

Article arguing "Research shows that an authentically engaged community improves schools - not just by participating in school events, but also by helping to shape reform."

Family and community involvements foster partnerships among schools, family and community groups, and individuals.

This research synthesis is the third in a series of reports to help local school, community, and family leaders obtain useful research-based information about key educational issues. This synthesis addresses diversity as it relates to student achievement and school, family, and community connections.

Earlier this year, the Pew Hispanic Center reported that the number of Hispanic youth dropping out of high school hit a record low. Despite the decrease, i

Earlier this year, the Pew Hispanic Center reported that the number of Hispanic youth dropping out of high school hit a record low.

Autobiographies of students, describing events and people trying to get at how school is perceived as punishing to students

Parent involvement in schools has an impact.

Growing STEM Education on the Playground: A Case Study of the Factors That Influence Teachers' Use of School Gardens

Introducing The Sprout School!

School Readiness NAEYC statement

Child Trends improves the lives and prospects of children and youth by conducting high-quality research and sharing the resulting knowledge with practitioners and policymakers.

A report out today identifies best practices for bridging the minority parent-school divide, compiled from study of leading educational organizations

Parents play an important part in literacy. We need to engage our parents to increase our children's literacy performance.