In this webinar, Dr. Joyce Epstein, Director of the Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships and the National Network of Partnership Schools, discussed what the research says about effective family engagement. The webinar and PowerPoint presentation are also available. A brief list of resources is included.

In response to a 1988 report urging better integration of minorities (one-third of the U.S. population) into education and American life, this article argues that rather than focusing on race, a more effective approach would be to target the segment of the population that is poor. Lessons learned about open access from elementary/secondary…

This literature review focuses on the overrepresentation of African-American males in special education. The most prevalent factors that contribute to this epidemic are poverty and the perceptions of teachers, their attitudes towards African-American men and the lack of their cultural understandings. Not only does this literature review focus on…