• K-8 English and Math Learning Expectation Parent's Guides

• MDE School District Parent Involvement Plan Information 

• MDE School District Parent Involvement Plan Information 

• Coalition of Essential Schools
For over twenty years, CES has been a national leader in public education transformation. Guided by the Common Principles, CES strives to create and sustain a network of personalized, equitable, and intellectually challenging schools.

• Annenberg Institute's Tools for School Improvement Planning
Web site contains observation protocols, focus group samples and questions, surveys, questionnaires, and other techniques to help you examine your specific school-improvement concerns.

• Parent Resources from the National PTA

• The Importance of School and Community Collaboration 

• The Parental Involvement Checklist (Source: Project Appleseed)

• Integrating Communities and Schools 

• National Network of Partnership Schools
Through Johns Hopkins University, this site assists researchers, educators, parents, students, community members, and others who are working together to enable all elementary, middle, and high schools develop and maintain effective programs of partnership.

• Harvard Family Research Project
Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) strives to promote more effective educational practices, programs, and policies for disadvantaged children and youth by generating, publishing, and disseminating our and others' research.

• Add It Up: Using Research to Improve Education for Low-Income and Minority Students. 

• BEST PRACTICE BRIEF - Michigan State University 

• A model parental involvement project sponsored by the Warren Education Association and the Warren Consolidated Schools

• Best Practice Resources - New Mexico Dept. of Ed 

• Books

• National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE)

• National Education Association - Help for Parents

• Michigan PTA

• Bridges for Kids

• National PTA

• Reach and Teach for Learning
A year long professional learning opportunity for middle and high school building teams to improve learning results for students who are hard to reach and/or hard to teach. There are still a few spots open, so the deadline has been extended. Please see the attached. If you're interested in having a team participate, please contact Doug McCall at 517-327-5315 dougm@michiganprincipals.org or Fran Loose at 517-241-4414 loosef@mi.gov by May 1. "

• The Association of Educational Service Agencies (AESA)
A professional organization serving over 550+ education service agencies (ESAs) in 44 states.

• School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action.
Epstein, J. L., Coates, L., Salinas, K. C., Sanders, M. G., and Simon, B. S. (1997). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

• Students at the Center. School, Family, and Community Partnership

• Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP)

• NCREL School Improvement Pathways for Family and Community.
Supporting Ways Parents and Families Can Become Involved in Schools.

• Readiness: School, Family, & Community Connections 
Boethel, M. (2004). National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools, Southwest Educational Development Laboratory

• Professional Learning Communities at Work: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement.
DuFour, R. and Eaker, R. (1998). Bloomington, IN: National Educational Service. See chapter 11, The Role of Parents in a Professional Learning Community.

• Urban Parent Involvement: Publications and Articles
List of refrences regarding urban parent involvment. Housed on the North Central Regional Education Labratory website.

• Urgent Message: Families Crucial to School Reform.
Lewis, A. C. & Henderson, A. T. (1997). Washington, DC: Center for Law and Education

• The Family is Critical to Student Achievement: A New Generation of Evidence. 
Henderson, A. T. and Berla, N. (4th printing 1997) Washington D. C: Center for Law and Education.

• How is My Child Doing in School? 
Dietel. R. (2001, March). Ten research-based ways to find out. Our Children Magazine. National Parent Teacher Association.

• Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships

• Policy Brief 23, Class Size Reduction: Lessons Learned from Experience

• School Based Reform: Role of parents and community in school reform

• Every Child Learning: Safe and Supportive Schools

• Studies in Education Reform: Parent and Community Involvement in Education

• National Resource Center for Safe Schools; National Mentoring Center
The Safetyzone is a clearinghouse for information and material related to school safety.

• The Future of Schooling: Educating America in 2014
After analyzing key demographic, economic, cultural, global, political, and technological trends in the US, McREL has written 16 scenarios that describe how these trends may converge to create different futures for schooling in America.