emerging issue
SEDL – Advancing Research, Improving Education
Emerging Issues
in School, Family, & Community Connections
Annual Synthesis 2001
SEDL – Advancing Research, Improving Education
Emerging Issues
in School, Family, & Community Connections
Annual Synthesis 2001
Catherine Jordan
Evangelina Orozco
Amy Averett
Contributors
Joan Buttram
Marilyn Fowler
Deborah Donnelly
Margaret Myers
Lacy Wood
National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools
SEDL
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Austin, Texas 78723
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Executive Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Emerging Issues
in School, Family, & Community Connections
Annual Synthesis 2001
SEDL – Advancing Research, Improving Education
Emerging Issues
in School, Family, & Community Connections
Annual Synthesis 2001
Catherine Jordan
Evangelina Orozco
Amy Averett
Contributors
Joan Buttram
Marilyn Fowler
Deborah Donnelly
Margaret Myers
Lacy Wood
National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools
SEDL
4700 Mueller Blvd.
Austin, Texas 78723
Voice: 512-476-6861 or 800-476-6861
Fax: 512-476-2286
Web site: www.sedl.org
E-mail: info@sedl.org
Copyright © 2002 by Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL). All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from SEDL or by submitting a copyright request form accessible at http://www.sedl.org/about/copyright_request.html on the SEDL Web site.
This publication was produced in whole or in part with funds from the Institute of Education
Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, under contract number ED-01-CO-0009. The content herein does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Education, or any other agency of the U.S. government, or any other source.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Executive Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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