Not by Schools Alone

Since many of the problems affecting schools are based in society and the family, schools must learn to restructure their external relations, reaching out to parents and extended families, community, government, social service and health care organizations, business and employers.

This guide focuses on partnerships that schools and communities can create to plan, fund, and implement strategies to prevent the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. It provides the conceptual framework and the practical suggestions for achieving that objective.

The 'science of performance' model of school change this book proposes, to enable equitable academic outcomes for culturally and linguistically diverse children, is based on a specific process of research and development in local contexts and on assumptions about teachers, teaching, and research.

This review of research in school choice adapts Sen's theory of Capability developing a more complex theoretical framework for understanding education markets. This gives those most affected by the perceived failure of public education a better explication of the tension between the rhetoric of public good and the reality of

School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Preparing Educators and Improving Schools addresses a fundamental question in education today: How will colleges and universities prepare future teachers, administrators, counselors, and other education professionals to conduct effective programs of family and community involvement that contribute to students' success in school? The work of