Build partnerships with families and the community to promote equity and student success! This updated edition of a bestseller enables school, district, and state leaders to develop more effective programs for family and community involvement. The authors show how to develop action teams to plan and implement partnership activities to reach school goals, mobilize community resources, evaluate program results, and maintain involvement over time. The third edition includes: New examples of successful partnership activities; Increased attention to connecting family/community involvement to goals for student success ; New inventories that define leadership roles ; A CD-ROM with forms and a PowerPoint presentation for workshops .

1. A comprehensive framework -- 2. Use the framework to reach school goals: stories from the field -- 3. Take an action team approach -- 4. Conduct workshops -- 5. Select materials for presentations and workshops -- 6. Strengthen partnership programs in middle and high schools -- 7. Develop district and state leadership for partnerships -- 8. Implement Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork (TIPS) -- 9. Evaluate your partnership program - 10. Network with others for best results on partnerships.