<strong><em>Strengthen family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! </em></strong><br/> <br/> When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, this fourth edition of a bestseller provides tools and guidelines to use to develop more effective and equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, this foundational text demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-oriented programs. Readers will find: </p> <ul> Many examples and vignettes </li> Rubrics and checklists for implementation of plans </li> CD-ROM complete with slides and notes for workshop presentations</li> </ul>