Diverse Partnerships for Student Success Strategies and Tools to Help School Leaders

by Decker, Larry E.; Decker, Virginia A.; Brown, Pamela M.

• ISBN13: 9781578865383
• ISBN10: 1578865387
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-06
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

Diverse Partnerships for Student Success offers strategies to help educational leaders create and sustain successful partnerships in socio-economic diverse societies. The chapters present information on how to identify relevant demographic trends and create community partnerships to address the educational, cultural, vocational, and recreational needs of students and citizens in multicultural communities. Grounded in ISLLC and NCATE standards, the book offers comprehensive, research-based information, concrete program ideas, and numerous Internet sites.

Author Biography

Larry E. Decker is the Charles Stewart Molt professor and eminent scholar chair of community education at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida.

Table of Contents

Educational partnerships : principles and strategies	p. 1
Understanding the community and the status of families and youth	p. 11
Diversity and multiculturalism in America	p. 29
Essential role of communities	p. 43
Home and school as partners	p. 67
School-community collaboration	p. 115
School public relations - bridging the gap	p. 159
Community relations in a political context	p. 195
School safety and crisis management	p. 225
Planning and evaluating a comprehensive educational partnership plan	p. 263
Making friends before you need them	p. 285
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