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Integrating Communities and Schools
Below you will find links to various resources associated
with the Fall 2004 issue of Leading
Change that highlights Integrating Communities and Schools.
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| Community/School Relationships |
- Grand Rapids Public Schools—A Model for Parent and Community Engagement and A Model to Develop a Community School Concept
- Integrating Communities and Schools Task Force Report, June 13, 2002
- Update on Status of Recommendations of Integrating Communities and Schools Task Force, February 26, 2004
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers Frequently Asked Questions
- 21st Century Learning Centers Expand to 187 Sites in Michigan, Demand Outpacing Federal Resources—News Release from MDE
- Local Interagency Coordinating Council (LICC) Overview
- Issues for Michigan’s Children—Local Collaboration in Michigan: The Status and Needs of the Multipurpose Collaborative Body Network, January 2004 (MPBC Great Start)
- Issues for Michigan’s Children—Local Collaboration in Michigan: The Status and Needs of the Multipurpose Collaborative Body Network, February 2004 (MPBC Survey Report)
- Inclusive Schools: Good for Kids, Families and Communities
- Resources from the National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools
- Capable Communities
- Tool Kit for School-Family-Community Partnerships
- Using School-Community Partnerships to Bolster Student Learning, Policy Brief from WestEd
- Rural Schools and Communities: Getting Better Together, The State Education Standard newsletter, published by NASBE
- When Schools Stay Open Late: The National Evaluation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, prepared by Mathematical Policy Research for U.S. Department of Education
- Building Support for Better Schools—Seven Steps to Engaging Hard-to-Reach Communities
- Michigan Local Interagency Coordinating Council (LICC) Parent Survey
- Improving Schools Through Community Engagement, A Practical Guide for Educators by Kathy Gardner Chadwick
- Educational Leadership, May 2004 Issue,Vol. 61, No. 8 focusing on schools as learning communities
- Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL): Education, Career and Community Program
- Common Purpose: Strengthening Families and Neighborhoods to Rebuild America by Lizbeth Schoor, 1998
- Making Afterschool Count Series from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
- National Network of Partnership Schools
- Grand Rapids Teachers Hit Streets for Some Public Relations—Grand Rapids Press
- After School for All: A Call to Action from the Business Community from Corporate Voices for Working Families
- Learning for Life Encourages Community Partnerships
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| Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) |
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| No Child Left Behind (NCLB) |
- No Child Left Behind—A Parents Guide, U.S. Department of Education, 2003
- We Are the Parents. Is Anyone Listening? (No Child Left Behind aims at a dialogue with parents but reaching them has not been easy) by Teresa Mendez
- Parent’s Right to Know About Their Child’s and School’s Achievement by Phyllis McClure, Consultant, Washington D.C., prepared for the Education Trust, September 2002
- No Child Left Behind Act: How National Network of Partnership Schools (NNPS) Can Help
- TransACT Compliance & Communication Center
- Retention and Student Achievement, ASCD Research Brief, May 25, 2004, Volume 2 Number 11
- Achieving Diversity, The Achiever, May 1, 2004, Vol. 3, No. 8
- Wake-Up Call—Facing the Challenge to Use Scientifically Based Research in Schools, NCREL's Learning Point
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| Parental Involvement |
- Parent Involvement in Schools, Best Practice Briefs, Michigan State University, 2004
- Epstein's Six Types of Involvement from the National Network of Partnership Schools
- New Michigan Law Requires Schools and ISD's to Draw up Plans to Encourage Parent Involvement for 2004-2005 School Year from bridges4kids
- Partnering with Families and Communities by Joyce L. Epstein and Karen Clark Salinas, ASCD Educational Leadership, May 2004, Vol. 61, No. 8
- Parental Involvement: Title I, Part A Non-Regulatory Guidance, U.S. Department of Education
- Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers
- National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education
- Teacher Taps Parents to Help With Test Prep, Education Week, April 14, 2004 (users must register with the site to access articles; registration is free)
- Close-up: No Child Left Behind—Teacher Quality, Achiever, May 1, 2004, Vol. 3. No. 8
- Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE)
- Including Every Parent, A Step-By-Step Guide to Engage and Empower Parents at Your School—Project for School Innovation
- The Parent Institute
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Kathleen N. Straus, President
John C. Austin, Vice President
Carolyn L. Curtin, Secretary
Marianne Yared McGuire, Treasurer
Nancy Danhof, NASBE Delegate
Elizabeth W. Bauer
Reginald M. Turner
Casandra E. Ulbrich
Jennifer M. Granholm, Governor
Michael P. Flanagan,
Superintendent of Public Instruction
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