• 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.

• MDE School District Parent Involvement Plan Information 

• 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.

• 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 

• Best Practice Resources - New Mexico Dept. of Ed 

• Books

• Bridges for Kids

• Michigan PTA

• National Education Association - Help for Parents

• National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE)

• National PTA

• 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.

• 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.

• Every Child Learning: Safe and Supportive Schools

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

• Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships

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

• 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.