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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Caspe, Margaret; Lopez, M. Elena; Chu, Ashley; Weiss, Heather B. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2011
To be effective, teachers must be prepared to collaborate with families to support student success. Many studies confirm that strong parent-teacher relationships relate to positive student outcomes, such as healthy social development, high student achievement, and high rates of college enrollment. Thus, by giving teachers the support they need to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Academic Achievement, Case Studies
Caspe, Margaret; Lopez, M. Elena; Chu, Ashley; Weiss, Heather B. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2011
Since the 1997 publication of "New Skills for New Schools" by Harvard Family Research Project, the education reform landscape has changed dramatically, making it necessary to align teacher preparation and professional learning for family engagement with the goals of a twenty-first century education. Harvard Family Research Project is currently…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Educational Change, Best Practices, Educational Practices
Kreider, Holly; Caspe, Margaret; Kennedy, Susan; Weiss, Heather – Harvard Family Research Project, 2007
This research brief summarizes the latest evidence base on effective family involvement in middle and high school. As the third and final report in a series on how family involvement matters across the developmental continuum, this brief synthesizes research studies that link family involvement in middle and high school to youth's academic and…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Middle School Students, High School Students, Adolescents
Caspe, Margaret; Lopez, M. Elena; Wolos, Cassandra – Harvard Family Research Project, 2007
This research brief reviews research on why and how family involvement matters for elementary school children's learning and socio-emotional development. Specifically, it summarizes the latest evidence base on effective involvement for elementary school children--that is, the studies that link family involvement in elementary schools to children's…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Family Involvement, Family School Relationship, Parent Child Relationship
Caspe, Margaret; Lopez, M. Elena; Wolos, Cassandra – Harvard Family Research Project, 2007
This research brief summarizes the latest evidence base on effective involvement for elementary school children--that is, the studies that link family involvement in elementary schools to children's academic achievement and social development. It synthesizes the outcome-based empirical research published between 1999 and 2006 that were cataloged…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Family Involvement, Social Development, Academic Achievement
Caspe, Margaret; Lopez, Elena M. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2006
The purpose of the brief is to help educators, service providers, and local evaluators in schools, intermediary and community-based organizations, and social service agencies become more effective by highlighting the best program and evaluation practices of family-strengthening intervention programs. At a time when evidence-based practice matters,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Social Services, Evaluation Research, Family Programs
Weiss, Heather B.; Faughnan, Kelly; Caspe, Margaret; Wolos, Cassandra; Lopez, M. Elena; Kreider, Holly – Harvard Family Research Project, 2005
This resource guide contains annotated Web links to recent (published in and after 2000) research, information, and tools about family involvement. Family involvement involves a broad range of constructs and this is reflected in the guide, which covers resources about parenting practices to support children's learning and development, home-school…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Academic Achievement, Literacy Education, Leadership