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• Where To Go For More: Resources for learning more about Family and Community Involvement National Network Of Partnership Schools The National Network of Partnership Schools is a group of 900 schools working to promote, evaluate, and improve their family and community partnership... September 02, 2003 - Community Collaboration
• Beating the Odds: High Schools as Communities of Commitment by Jacqueline Ancess (Teachers College Press, 192 pages, $19.95) reviewed by Kathy Simon It is hard for most of us who attended and began teaching in standard-issue schools in this country to... September 03, 2003 by Kathy Simon - Learning Structures, Small Learning Communities
• Fires in the Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from High School Students by Kathleen Cushman and the Students of What Kids Can Do, Inc. (The New Press, 240 pages, $24.95) reviewed by Jill Davidson "Getting adolescents to talk honestly takes only genuine interest in... September 03, 2003 by Jill Davidson - Classroom Culture
• Show, Don't Tell: Strategies for Family Involvement in CES Schools The continuity of family involvement at home appears to have a protective effect on children as they progress through our complex educational system. The more families support their children's... August 28, 2003 by Jill Davidson - Family Collaboration
• Literature Circles: Families Reading Together When you're a single mother, you work here, you work there — even if you want to sit down and talk with your kids, you can't," lamented Raysa Vidal. Balancing her responsibilities as mother of... September 02, 2003 by Jill Davidson - Family Collaboration
• Classroom Discourse: The Language of Teaching and Learning Second Edition by Courtney B. Cazden (Heinemann Press, 216 pages, $24.00) reviewed by Zaretta Hammond Courtney Cazden examines two questions fundamental to successful CES practice: How do patterns of talk... September 03, 2003 by Zaretta Hammond - Instruction, Personalization
• The Power of Protocols: An Educator's Guide to Better Practice by Joseph P. McDonald, Nancy Mohr, Alan Dichter, and Elizabeth C. McDonald (Teachers College Press, 144 pages, $15.95) reviewed by Mary Hastings Many CES schools have been using protocols over... September 03, 2003 by Mary Hastings - Curriculum
• A Caring Adult in a Different Setting In schools where people know each other well and focus on supporting academic and personal growth, meaningful relationships blossom in offices, in the library, on the basketball court, or in the... March 17, 2011 by Gary Heyder