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Useful advice, fine materials, and outstanding programs are available to help form and strengthen partnerships for learning, but it is important to know where to find this help.

For more information about compacts and Title I:

Title I of the Improving America's Schools Act, which provides resources to schools needing extra help to strengthen programs in the basics and core academics, requires the creation of family-school compacts in all Title I schools. The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education posts valuable information and resources about Title I, school improvement, and other topics on its Web site at www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/.

The Partnership for Family Involvement
www.pfie.ed.gov/

The Partner for Family Involvement's web site provides a link to a Web page for compacts where you can find this publication along with examples of compacts and the compact process and links to other related Internet resources. Please feel free to send your comments, tips, and ideas to the Partnership for Family Involvement in Education for possible inclusion on the Web site.

Organizations that can help:

Education Trust
1725 K Street NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
202-293-1217

Publications:

Channing L. Bete Co., Inc. 1997.

About parent-school compacts. South Deerfield, MA: Author.

The Education Trust. 1996.

A new chance: making the most of Title I. Washington, DC: Author.

MacFarlane, Eleanor C. 1995.

Boost family involvement: How to make your program succeed under the new Title I guidelines. Bloomington, IN: Family Literacy Center.

RMC Research. 1996.

Parents ask about compacts. Portsmouth, NH: Author.

• 1996. Parents ask about parent involvement policies. Portsmouth, NH: Author.

• 1996. Parents ask about school profiles. Portsmouth, NH: Author.

• 1996. Parents ask about Title I. Portsmouth, NH: Author.

Rogers, Mimi. 1995.

Planning for Title I programs: Guidelines for parents, advocates, and educators. Washington, DC: Center for Law and Education.

For more information about standards:

The National Urban League has a new video, Putting standards into action, to help parents understand what academic standards are and what they can do to help children reach them. For more information, call 212-558-5450.

Internet resources:

This Internet address takes you to an outstanding Web site run by Putnam Valley Schools, Putnam Valley, New York, which posts links to other sites with K-12 education standards and curriculum framework documents, including sites from every state.

Achieve
www.achieve.org

Achieve Resource Center on Standards, Assessment, Accountability, and Technology is home to a National Clearinghouse database that contains easily accessible information on standards-based education reform for educators, governors, and business leaders.

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse's "Standards and Frameworks"
www.enc.org

The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse contains useful information about curricula, standards, and frameworks for mathematics and science.

American Federation of Teachers, Educational Issues Department
www.aft.org/edissues/

Find out more about the American Federation of Teachers' campaign for high standards at the Web site, which mentions related resources and information about standards nationally and internationally.

Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)
www.mcrel.org

McREL, one of the U.S. Department of Education's 10 regional labs, maintains a database on standards and benchmarks. A number of its publications on standards also are available on-line.

Organizations that can help:

Business Coalition for Education Reform
c/o National Alliance of Business
1201 New York Avenue NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005
202-289-2888
www.bcer.org and www.nab.com

Business Roundtable
1615 L Street NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036
www.brtable.org

Council for Basic Education
1319 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20004
202-347-4171
www.c-b-e.org

Council of Chief State School Officers
1 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001-1431
202-408-5505
www.ccsso.org

Education Excellence Partnership
1615 L Street NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036
1-800-382-3762
www.edex.org/

National Education Association
1201 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-833-4000
www.nea.org

National Education Goals Panel
1255 22nd Street NW
Suite 502
Washington, DC 20037
202-724-0015
www.negp.gov

National Governors' Association
444 North Capitol Street NW
Suite 267
Washington, DC 20001
202-624-5300
www.nga.org

U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Center for Workforce Preparation
1615 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20062
202-463-5525
http://www.uschamber.org/

Publications available from the U.S. Department of Education
(Call 1-800-USA-LEARN):

Teachers and GOALS 2000: Leading the journey toward high standards for all students. June 1995.

Other publications:

American Federation of Teachers. 1997.

Making standards matter: An annual fifty-state report on efforts to raise academic standards. Washington, DC: Author.

Council for Basic Education. 1996.

How does your school measure up? Washington, DC: Author.

Pritchard, Ivor. 1996.

Judging standards in standards-based reform. Washington, DC: Council for Basic Education.

RMC Research. 1996.

Parents ask about standards. Portsmouth, NH: Author.

For more information about family involvement:

Parental Information and Resource Centers in 40 states have been funded through the Goals 2000: Educate America Act. For more information on these centers, telephone the U.S. Department of Education at 202-401-0039.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act funds 70 Parent Training and Information Projects across the 50 states to help parents of children with disabilities. To get a copy of A Directory of Parent Training and Information Projects and for more information, telephone the National Information Center for Children & Youth with Disabilities at 1-800-695-0285.

Publications available from the U.S. Department of Education:

The following are available free of charge at 1-800-USA-LEARN
(Many are also available on the Internet at www.ed.gov.)

Strong families, strong schools: Building community partnerships for learning. This report summarizes 30 years of research showing that greater family involvement in children's learning is crucial to providing a good education and a safe, disciplined learning environment for every student. The report, released as part of the Partnership for Family Involvement in Education, suggests what schools, communities, businesses, government, and families themselves can do to strengthen family involvement in children's learning.

Reaching all families: Creating family-friendly schools. This publication presents accumulated knowledge and fresh ideas on school outreach strategies to reach out to all families and help get them involved in their children's education.

America Goes Back to School partners' activity kit. This publication encourages parents, citizens, and all Americans to rally around their local schools and make a commitment to support education improvement throughout the year.

Keeping schools open as community learning centers: Extending learning in a safe, drug-free environment before and after school. This guidebook is designed to help schools and community-based organizations begin the process of keeping schools open for children and families beyond the traditional school hours to provide access to valuable education resources in a building free of violence and drugs.

Employers, families and education. This publication explores the benefits of family-friendly policies for employers and employees focused on educational activities for children.

Brochures on family involvement--

• Team up for kids! How schools can support family involvement in education

• Get involved! How parents and families can help their children do better in school

• Be family-friendly: It's good business!

• Join together for kids! How communities can support family involvement in education

Summer home learning recipes. Developed by the Home and School Institute, these four brochures contain reading, writing, math, and science activities that parents can do with their children by age groups.

America Reads Challenge: READ*WRITE*NOW! basic kit. Developed by reading experts using the best research and successful experiences of teachers, librarians, and families, this kit can help increase and maintain reading skills for all childrenincluding those with disabilities during the summer.

Preparing your child for college. This resource book is designed to help students, their parents, and others prepare academically and financially for college.

Getting ready for college early. This booklet is designed to help parents and students in the middle and junior high school years understand the steps needed to get ready for college.

The following are available through the National Library of Education at 1-800-424-1616.

• Overcoming barriers to family involvement in Title I schools: Report to Congress, February 1997.

• Family involvement in children's education: Successful local approaches: An idea book, June 1997.

• Learning Partners series.

• Helping your child series, including:
  • Helping your child learn math

  • Helping Your Child Become a Reader

  • Helping your child learn science

  • Helping your child learn history

  • Helping your child get ready for school

  • Helping your child use the library

  • Como ayudar a su hijos a usar la biblioteca

  • Helping your child with homework

  • Helping your child succeed in school

Internet resources:

National Parent Information Network (NPIN)
www.npin.org/

To reach this Web site, click on "Links to all ERIC sites" and then scroll down until you reach the NPIN link. At this Web site, you will find a collection of materials for parents and parent educators, monthly news for parents, information about the Parenting Discussion List (listserv), and instructions
for using Parents' AskERIC, a component of the award-winning AskERIC project, which responds to e-mail questions on child development, child care, parenting, and child rearing.

Family Education Network
www.familyeducation.com

At this Web site, you will find information about learning at home and at school; links to school Web sites and other related sites; updates on education-related legislation; numerous activities and tips for parents; and a forum for discussion of related topics.

The Children, Youth, and Family Consortium, University of Minnesota
www.cyfc.umn.edu

The Children, Youth, and Family Consortium provides information on health and education for children and families. Also, in conjunction with the vice president's Family Reunion Conference on Families and Learning, the Web site includes postings of family involvement programs. Read what other communities are doing or post your own program.

Organizations that can help:

Betty Phillips Center for Parenthood Education
Box 81, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37203
615-322-8080

Family Geography Challenge
National Geographic Society
1145 17th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-828-6686

Family Math
Lawrence Hall of Science
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-5200
510-642-1823

Families and Work Institute
330 Seventh Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10001
212-465-2044
www.familiesandworkinst.org

HIPPY USA
Teachers College, Box 113
525 West 120th Street
New York, NY 10027
212-678-3500
www.hippyusa.org/

Institute for Responsive Education
50 Nightingale Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 02115
617-373-2595

MegaSkills Education Center
The Home and School Institute
1500 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-466-3633
www.megaskillshsi.org

Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF)
Community Education and Public Policy
634 South Spring Street
Los Angeles CA 90014
213-629-0839

National Association for Partners in Education
901 North Pitt Street, Suite 320
Alexandria, VA 22314

National Association of School Psychologists
4340 East West Highway, Suite 402
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-657-0270

National Black Child Development Institute
1023 15th Street NW, Suite 600
Washington DC 20005
202-387-1281

National Center for Family Literacy
Waterfront Plaza, Suite 200
325 West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202-4251
502-584-1133

The National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education
1201 16th Street NW, Box 39
Washington, DC 20036
202-822-8405
www.ncpie.org

National Community Education Association
3929 Old Lee Highway, Suite 91A
Fairfax, VA 22030-2401
703-359-8973
www.ncea.com/

National Network of Partnerships-2000 Schools
Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships
Johns Hopkins University
3505 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
410-516-8818
www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000

The National PTA
330 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60611-3690
312-670-6782
www.pta.org

National Urban League
500 East 62nd Street
New York, NY 10021
1-888-326-9688
www.nul.org

Parents as Teachers National Center
10176 Corporate Square Drive, Suite 230
St. Louis, MO 63132
314-432-4330
www.patnc.org

Other publications:

Bamber, Chrissie, Nancy Berla, and Anne T. Henderson. 1997.

Learning from others: Good programs and successful campaigns. Washington, DC: Center for Law and Education and the Academy for Educational Development.

Coleman, Mick. July 1997.

Families and schools: In search of common ground. Young Children, vol. 52, no. 5: 14-21.

Dietz, Michael J., ed. 1997.

School, family, and community: Techniques and models for successful collaboration. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publications.

Epstein, Joyce L. May 1995.

School, family, community partnerships: Caring for the children we share. Phi Delta Kappan, vol. 77, no. 9: 701-12.

Harvard Education Newsletter. September-October 1997.

Special issue on parent involvement. Cambridge, MA (1-800-513-0763). www.edletter.org/

Henderson, A. 1987.

The evidence continues to grow: Parent involvement improves student achievement. Columbia, MD: National Committee for Citizens in Education.

Henderson, A. T., & Berla, N. 1994.

A new generation of evidence: The family is critical to student achievement. Washington, DC: National Committee for Citizens in Education.

Rich, Dorothy. 1997.

MegaSkills: Building children's achievement for the information age. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

1994. The new MegaSkills bond. Washington, DC: Dorothy Rich Associates.

1997. What do we say: What do we do?: Vital solutions for children's educational success. New York: Forge.

1997. What do I say? What do I do? Problem solving handbook. Washington, DC: Home and School Institute.

Struck, Darla, ed. 1995.

Involving parents in education. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publications.

Warner, Carolyn with Marilyn Curry. 1997.

Everybody's House--The schoolhouse: Best techniques for connecting home, school, and community. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

For more information about measurement and evaluation:

Internet resources:

www.ed.gov/offices/OUS/PES/

Consult the Web site of the Planning and Evaluation Service, a division within the Office of the Under Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education. At this Web site, you will find general resources and links related to measurement and evaluation along with summaries of major studies of federal programs undertaken by the Planning and Evaluation Service.

Publications :

The Education Trust. 1997.

Education watch: Community data guide. Washington, DC: Author.

[Appendix B: The Community Commitment]

[Appendix D: Partnership for Family Involvement in Education]