Families as Partners

The Essential Link in Childrens Education

By (author) Andrea M. Nelson-Royes

Publication date:

15 March 2018

Length of book:

194 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781475826081

Families as Partners: The Essential Link in Children’s Education is a useful guide for families and a resource for education professionals who want to promote increased parental involvement at home and school. The book examines research and includes examples, illustrations, case studies, practices, policy issues, and successful projects that schools have accomplished with a community of families and students. These situations provide information to develop productive family-school partnerships with families, schools, and communities, to advance student achievement.

Awards:

2020 Independent Publisher Book Award

2019 International Book Award

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Understanding Historical Practices and Influences of Parental Involvement
Chapter 2: Enhancing Academic Success through Healthy Partnership Environments
Chapter 3: Supporting Collaborative Family-School Relationships
Chapter 4: Establishing Intervention and Seeking Outside Learning Opportunities for Family-School Partnerships
Chapter 5: Empowering Families through the Use of Technology
AppendicesAbout the Author
Index

Nelson-Royes has shown her passion for education in her earlier books and continues to bring a treasure of knowledge and talents to her book Families as Partners: The Essential Link in Children’s Education. In this book, Andrea M. Nelson-Royes stresses the importance of family involvement in helping to shape a child’s education and life, and that families can support children’s eagerness to learn and the power for them to become the best they can become mentally, physically, and emotionally. In this book, Nelson-Royes continues to empower schools, families, and children−the future of our world.