Information Resources | Research & Reports
Information Resources
Parental Involvement | Business Involvement | Community Involvement
Pennsylvania Department of Education
- Parents & Families Homepage
- Title I: Parent Involvement Resources
- Migrant Education: Parent Involvement Resources
U.S. Department of Education
Pennsylvania PTA
National PTA
Pennsylvania Parent Information Resource Center
Center for Schools and Communities
Coalition for Community Schools
National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education
National Network of Partnership Schools
Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE)
Education Commission of the States
National Conference of State Legislatures
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
National Education Association
U.S. Department of Education
Education Commission of the States
Business-Higher Education Forum
Corporate Voices for Working Families
The Council for Corporate & School Partnerships
Communities in Schools
Communities in Schools – Pennsylvania
Center for Schools and Communities
Communities for Quality Education
Coalition for Community Schools
Public Education Network
National School Boards Association
The Rural School and Community Trust
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
U.S. Department of Justice
Research & Reports
Parental Involvement | Business Involvement | Community Involvement
Parent and Family Involvement in Education, 2006-07 School Year, From the National Household Education Surveys Program of 2007
National Center for Education Statistics, August 2008
Parents’ Reports of School Practices to Provide Information to Families: 1996 and 2003
National Center for Education Statistics, December 2005
Reaching Out to Diverse Populations: What Can Schools Do to Foster Family-School Connections?
National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools, Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, September 2005
Family Involvement in the Education of Secondary-School-Age Students With Disabilities
By Lynn Newman, SRI International, September 2005
What Do Parents Value in Education? An Empirical Investigation of Parents’ Revealed Preferences for Teachers
National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2005
Engaging Families at the Secondary Level: What Schools Can Do to Support Family Involvement
National Center for Family and Community Connections With Schools, July 2005
Parent-Child Connectedness: Voices of African American and Latino Parents and Teens
ETR Associates, May 2005
The Effects of Comprehensive Parent Engagement on Student Learning Outcomes
Research by Sam Redding, Janis Langdon, Joseph Meyer, and Pamela Sheley, conducted for the Academic Development Institute, November 2004
Schools Involving Parents in Early Postsecondary Planning
ACT Policy Report, 2004
Connecting with Parents in the Early Years
Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, December 2003
No More Islands: Family Involvement in 27 School and Youth Programs
American Youth Policy Forum
A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family and Community Connections on Student Achievement
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
Emerging Issues in School, Family and Community Connections
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
Efforts by Public K-8 Schools to Involve Parents in Children’s Education: Do Schools and Parents Agree?
National Center for Education Statistics, September 2001
Eight Lessons of Parent, Family, and Community Involvement in the Middle Grades
By Barry Rutherford, RMC Research Corporation
New Skills for New Schools: Preparing Teachers in Family Involvement
U.S. Department of Education, 1997
School-Business Partnerships: Seven Strategies for Success
The Daniels Fund, 2006
The How-To Guide for School-Business Partnerships
The Council for Corporate & School Partnerships
Working in Partnership with Business, Labor and the Community
By Kathleen Paris, Director, Leadership Institute for School-to-Work Transition, Center on Education and Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Report available from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, 1997.
Models for Regional Business-Education Partnerships
Regional Plan Association, March 2000
Business Leaders as Legislative Advocates for Children
Foundation for Child Development, September 1999
Focusing on Results: A Business Leader’s Guide for Optimizing School-to-Career Partnerships
Published by The National Employer Leadership Council and the the National Alliance of Business, 2002
Growing Community Schools: The Role of Cross-Boundary Leadership
Coalition for Community Schools, May 2006
Time to Engage? Civic Participation in Philadelphia’s School Reform
Research for Action, September 2005
Parent and Community Involvement Strategies that Work
By Mary Daniels Brown, Education World, 2005
A Handbook for State Policy Leaders: Community Schools
Coalition for Community Schools, 2002
Constituents of Change: Community Organizations and Public Education Reform
Institute for Education and Social Policy at New York University, September 2004
Making the Difference: Research and Practice in Community Schools
Coalition for Community Schools, May 2003
Community Involvement in Change
By Gilbert Valdez, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
A Community Action Guide to Teacher Quality
Public Education Network
From Governance to Accountability: Building Relationships that Make Schools Work
By Kavitha Mediratta and Norman Fruchter, New York University Institute for Education and Social Policy, for the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, January 2003
Eight Lessons of Parent, Family, and Community Involvement in the Middle Grades
By Barry Rutherford, RMC Research Corporation
Communities at Work: Strategic Interventions for Community Change
Public Education Network
Taking Responsibly: Using Public Engagement to Reform Our Public Schools
Public Education Network
Parent, Family, and Community Involvement in the Middle Grades
By Barry Rutherford and Shelley H. Billig, ERIC Digest
Education and Community Building: Connecting Two Worlds
Institute for Educational Leadership, 2001
Supporting Parent, Family, and Community Involvement in Your School
By Deborah Davis, Northwestern Regional Educational Laboratory, 2001
A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family and Community Connections on Student Achievement
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
Emerging Issues in School, Family and Community Connections
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
Broadening the Base: School/Community Partnerships Serving Language Minority Students At Risk
Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence, 2000
Parent and Community Involvement in Rural Schools
By Stan Maynard and Aimee Howley, ERIC Digest, June 1997
A Guide to Promising Practices in Educational Partnerships
U.S. Department of Education, April 1996
Educational Partnerships Case Studies
U.S. Department of Education, February 1996
