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- W137705860 abstract "The authors synthesized their findings across nine sites to arrive at conclusions that move beyond conventional thinking to enrich our understanding of the critical and complex nature of school/family partnerships in the middle grades. In our study of parent and community involvement in education, we examined school/family partnerships in the middle grades (grades 6 to 8). Research on the potential effects of family involvement in early childhood education and in the elementary grades presents a favorable picture,(1) but less is known about the effect of parent and family involvement in the middle grades. Our research focused on three areas: comprehensive districtwide programs, school restructuring, and adult/child learning programs. Three sites for each focus area were selected and visited twice during the 1993-94 school year. Comprehensive districtwide program sites included the Jefferson County (Kentucky) Public Schools; the Fort Worth Independent School District; and the Minneapolis Public Schools. For our study of family and community involvement in restructuring schools, we visited sites in Lamoni, Iowa; Georgetown, South Carolina; and Shelburne, Vermont. For our study of adult/child learning programs, we visited Community District 3, New York City; the Rochester (New York) Public Schools; and the Chapter 1 Parent Center in Natchez, Mississippi. Each of these nine sites presented its own unique challenges for family and community involvement.(2) However, two central questions defined the responses at all sites. First, how do schools and districts involve families and the community as partners in education reform? We found many examples at our sites of various ways in which schools or districts met this challenge by providing opportunities and supports for families, school practitioners, community members, and businesses as they assume new roles in education reform. Second, how do schools and districts create partnerships that acknowledge the roles of the family, school, and community in the growth of the child, and how do these systems interact? One teacher to whom we spoke typified the responses to this question. She said, No one person has the 'big picture' of a child at this age. We try to work with families to construct the picture, to strengthen the partnership, in order to help the children succeed. Just as each site that we studied faced unique challenges in its efforts to create school/family partnerships, so each site also yielded a unique set of responses.(3) We synthesized our findings across all nine sites and developed a set of eight These lessons broaden the scope of our findings beyond the specific context of an individual site. They also move beyond conventional thinking about family and community involvement to enrich our understanding of the critical and complex nature of school/family partnerships in the middle grades. Each of these lessons is described briefly below, along with implications in the form of action statements that highlight what schools, communities, and families can do to implement the lessons. Finally, we offer examples of how specific sites put these lessons into practice. Lesson 1: The stakes are high and immediate for everyone in the middle grades. During the middle grades, students make personal and educational decisions that have serious consequences. They wrestle with issues of authority, independence, and changing relationships with their families. Their visibility, both as individuals and as members of groups in community settings, requires that students learn and practice productive social skills for community participation. These challenges, coupled with the perception that the years spent in the middle grades are a watershed - and not merely a transition period between elementary school and high school - create a compelling case for the critical importance of the middle grades.(4) Implications. Schools can create programs that respond to the unique needs of middle-grade families and students. …" @default.
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- W137705860 title "Eight Lessons of Parent, Family, and Community Involvement In the Middle Grades" @default.
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