Collaboration and building common ground between schools and their communities are central to developing family and community engagement practices that work. This includes resolving issues faced by communities of color who have been historically excluded by traditional parent engagement models.
This literature review by IDRA presents the latest material on building capacity at the top, eliminating assumptions and stereotypes, engaging immigrant and low-income families, creating a school culture that values diverse families, fostering family empowerment, working with community-based organizations, relationship building and effective family engagement models.
See Family Engagement for School Reform – Literature Review (PDF)
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