This list includes recent articles, book chapters, and books by researchers at the Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships at Johns Hopkins University and the National Network of Partnership Schools. The publications, produced over the past few years, can be obtained from most university libraries and from the publishers.
Some earlier studies are included as “readings” and as references in the book School, Family and Community Partnerships: Preparing Educators and Improving Schools (Epstein, 2001 - listed below). A complete list of earlier studies of family and community involvement, conducted at Johns Hopkins since 1981, is available on request.
Lewis, K. C. (2004). Instructional aides: Colleagues or cultural brokers? The School Community Journal, 14(1), 91-111.
Sanders, M. G. (2008). How parent liaisons can help bridge home and school. Journal of Educational Research, 101(5),287-297.
Sanders, M. G. & Harvey, A. (2002). Beyond the school walls: A case study of principal leadership for school-community collaboration. Teachers College Record, 104(7), 1345-1368.
Sheldon, S. B. (2002). Parents' social networks and beliefs as predictors of parent involvement. Elementary School Journal, 102(4), 301-316.
Sheldon, S. B. (2005). Testing a structural equations model of partnership program implementation and parent involvement. The Elementary School Journal, 106(2), 171-187.
Catsambis, S. (2001). Expanding knowledge of parental involvement in children's secondary education: Connections with high school seniors' academic success. Social Psychology of Education, 5, 149-177.
Catsambis, S. & Beveridge, A. A. (2001). Does neighborhood matter? Family, neighborhood, and school influences on eighth-grade mathematics achievement. Sociological Focus, 34(4), 435-457.
Sanders, M. G. (2001). Schools, families, and communities partnering for middle level students' success. NASSP Bulletin, 85(627), 53-61.
Sanders, M. G. (2006). Missteps in team leadership: The experiences of six novice teachers in three urban schools. Urban Education, 41(3), 277-304.
Sanders, M. G. & Herting, J. R. (2000). Gender and the effects of school, family and church support on the academic achievement of African-American urban adolescents. In M. G. Sanders (Ed.), Schooling students placed at risk: Research, policy and practice in the education of poor and minority adolescents (pp. 141-161). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Sanders, M. G. & Lewis, K. C. (2004). Partnerships at an urban high school: Meeting the parent involvement requirements of No Child Left Behind. E-Journal of Teaching and Learning in Diverse Settings 2(1), 78-98.
Sanders, M. G. & Lewis, K. C. (2005). Building bridges toward excellence: Community involvement in high schools. The High School Journal 88(3), 1-9.
Simon, B. S. (2004). High school outreach and family involvement. Social Psychology of Education, 7, 185-209.
Van Voorhis, F. L. (2001). Interactive science homework: An experiment in home and school connections. NASSP Bulletin, 85(627), 20-32.
Van Voorhis, F. L. (2003). Interactive homework in middle school: Effects on family involvement and students' science achievement. Journal of Educational Research, 96(9), 323-339.
Van Voorhis, F. L. (2004). Reflecting on the homework ritual: Assignments and designs. Theory Into Practice, 43, 205-212.
Epstein, J. L., Sanders, M. G., Sheldon, S. B., et al. (2009). School, family, and community
partnerships: Your handbook for action (3rd edition). Thousand Oaks,
CA: Corwin Press.
Available from www.corwinpress.com or www.amazon.com
Sanders, M. G. (1999). Schools' programs and progress in the National Network of Partnership Schools. Journal of Educational Research, 92(4), 220-229.
Sanders, M. G. (2000). Creating successful school-based partnership programs with families of special needs students. The School-Community Journal, 10(2), 37-55.
Sanders, M.G., Sheldon, S. B., & Epstein, J. L. (2005). Improving schools’ partnership programs in the National Network of Partnership Schools. Journal of Educational Research and Policy Studies, 5(1), 24-47.
Sanders, M. G. & Sheldon, S. B. (2009). Principals Matter: A guide to school, family, and community partnerships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Available from www.corwinpress.com
Sanders, M. G. & Simon, B. S. (2002). A comparison of program development at elementary, middle, and high schools in the National Network of Partnership Schools. The School Community Journal, 12(1), 7-27.
Sheldon, S. B. (2007). Getting families involved with NCLB: Factors affecting schools’ enactment of federal policy. In A. R. Sadovnik, J. O' Day, G. Bohrnstedt, & K. Borman (Eds.), No Child Left Behind and the reduction of the achievement gap: Sociological perspectives on federal educational policy, (pp. 281-294). New York: Routledge.
Sheldon, S. B. & Van Voorhis, F. L. (2004). Partnership programs in U.S. schools: Their development and relationship to family involvement outcomes. School Effectiveness and School Improvement 15(2), 125-148.
Van Voorhis, F. L. & Sheldon, S. B. (2004). Principals' roles in the development of U.S. programs of school, family, and community partnerships. International Journal of Educational Research, 41, 55-70.
Epstein, J. L. (2007). Research meets policy and practice: How are school districts addressing NCLB requirements for parental involvement? In A. R. Sadovnik, J. O' Day, G. Bohrnstedt, & K. Borman (Eds.), No Child Left Behind and the reduction of the achievement gap: Sociological perspectives on federal educational policy (pp. 267-279). New York: Routledge.
Sanders, M. (2008a). Using diverse data to develop and sustain school, family, and community partnerships: A district case study. Education Management, Administration, and Leadership, 36, 530-545.
Sanders, M. (2008b). Supporting family engagement through district-level partnerships. Harvard Evaluation Exchange, 14 (1&2), 11 & 38.
Sanders, M. G. (2009). Collaborating for change: How an urban school district and a community-based organization support and sustain school, family, and community partnerships. Teachers College Record, 111 (7).
Available at: http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentId=15304
Sanders, M. G. (2001a). Partnerships of schools and faith-based organizations. In E. J. Dionne (Ed.), Sacred places, civic purposes: The role of faith-based organizations in public education (pp. 161-175). Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution.
Sanders, M. G. (2001b). The role of "community" in comprehensive school, family, and community partnership programs. The Elementary School Journal, 102(1), 19-34.
Sanders, M. G. (2003). Community involvement in schools: From concept to practice. Education and Urban Society, 35(2), 161-181.
Sanders, M. G. (2005). Building school-community partnerships:
Collaboration for student success. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Available from www.corwinpress.com or www.amazon.com
Epstein, J. L. (2001). School, family, and community partnerships:
Preparing educators and improving schools. Boulder, CO: Westview
Press.
Available from www.perseusbooksgroup.com or www.amazon.com
Epstein, J. L. & Sanders, M. G. (2006). Prospects for change: Preparing educators for school, family, and community partnerships. Peabody Journal of Education, 81(2), 81-120.
Epstein, J. L. (2004). Foreword. In P. A. Edwards, Children's literacy development: Making it happen through school, family, and community involvement (pp. ix-xiv). Boston: Pearson Education.
Epstein, J. L. (2005). A case study of the partnership schools comprehensive school reform (CSR) model. Elementary School Journal, 106(2), 151-170.
Epstein, J. L. & Sheldon, S. B. (2002). Present and accounted for: Improving student attendance through family and community involvement. Journal of Educational Research, 95, 308-318.
Sheldon, S. B. (2003). Linking school-family-community partnerships in urban elementary schools to student achievement on state tests. Urban Review, 35(2), 149-165.
Sheldon, S. B. (2007). Improving student attendance with a school-wide approach to school, family, and community partnerships. Journal of Educational Research, 100, 267-275.
Sheldon, S. B. & Epstein, J. L. (2004). Getting students to school: Using family and community involvement to reduce chronic absenteeism. School Community Journal, 4(2), 39-56.
Epstein, J. L., Simon, B. S., & Salinas, K. C. (1997). Involving parents in homework in the middle grades. Phi Delta Kappa Research Bulletin, 18.
Epstein, J. L. & Van Voorhis, F. L. (2001). More than minutes: Teachers' roles in designing homework. Educational Psychologist, 36(3), 181-193.
Lewis, K. C. & Sanders, M. G. (under review). From rhetoric to reality: How high schools implement successful community partnership programs.
Simon, B. S. (2001a). Family involvement in high school: Predictors and effects. NASSP Bulletin, 85(627), 8-19.
Simon, B. S. (2001b). Predictors of high school and family partnerships and the influence of partnerships on student success (Doctoral dissertation, Johns Hopkins University, 2000). Dissertation Abstracts International, 61, 3949.
Simon, B. S. (2004). High school outreach and family involvement. Social Psychology of Education, 7, 185-209.
Van Voorhis, F. L. (2001). The effects of interactive (TIPS) homework on family involvement and science achievement of middle grade students (Doctoral dissertation, University of Florida, 2000). Dissertation Abstracts International, 61, 4723.
Van Voorhis, F. L. (2001b). Interactive science homework: An experiment in home and school connections. NASSP Bulletin, 85(627), 20-32.
Van Voorhis, F. L. (2003). Interactive homework in middle school: Effects on family involvement and students' science achievement. Journal of Educational Research, 96(9), 323-339.
Michael, S., Dittus, P., & Epstein, J L. (2007). Family and community involvement in schools: Results from the School Health Policies and Programs Study 2006. Journal of School Health, 77(8), 567-587.
Sheldon, S. B. (2007). Improving student attendance with a school-wide approach to school-family-community partnerships. Journal of Educational Research, 100, 267 - 275.Sheldon, S. B. & Epstein, J. L. (2002). Improving student behavior and discipline with family and community involvement. Education in Urban Society, 35(1), 4-26.
Sheldon, S. B. & Epstein, J. L. (2005a). Involvement counts: Family and community partnerships and math achievement. Journal of Educational Research, 98(4), 196-206.
Sheldon, S. B. & Epstein, J. L. (2005b). School programs of family and community involvement to support children's reading and literacy development. In J. Flood and P. Anders (Eds.), Literacy development of students in urban schools: Research and policy (pp. 107-138). Newark, DE: International Reading Association (IRA).
Epstein, J. L. (2001). Building bridges of home, school, and community: The importance of design. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR), 6, 161-167.
Epstein, J. L. (2002). Family, school, and community connections. In J. W. Guthrie (Ed.), Encyclopedia of education: Vol. 3 (2nd ed., pp. 821-828). New York: Macmillan.
Epstein, J. L. (2004a). Family Involvement and technology: Always about equity. Access Learning, 14(5), 3.
Epstein, J. L. (2004b). Have we gone overboard on homework? Johns Hopkins Magazine, 56(2), 4-5.
Epstein, J. L. (2004c). Meeting NCLB requirements for family involvement. Middle Ground, 8(1), 14-17.
Epstein, J. L. (2005a). Attainable goals? The spirit and letter of the No Child Left Behind Act on parental involvement. Sociology of Education, 78, 179-182.
Epstein, J. L. (2005b) School, family, and community partnerships in the middle grades. In T. O. Erb (Ed.), This we believe in action: Implementing successful middle level schools (pp. 77-96). Westerville, OH: National Middle School Association.
Epstein. J. L. (2005c). Foreword. In E. N. Patrikakou, R. P. Weisberg, S. Redding, & H. Walberg (Eds.), School-family partnerships: Fostering children’s school success (pp. vii-xi). New York: Teachers College Press.
Epstein, J. L. (2006). Parent involvement grows up. Threshold, 4(2), 9-12.
Epstein, J. L. (2007a). Family and community involvement. In K. Borman, S. Cahill, & B. Cotner (Eds.), Praeger handbook of American high schools, (pp. 165-173). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
Epstein, J. L. (2007 b). Homework. In K. Borman, S. Cahill, & B. Cotner (Eds.), Praeger handbook of American high schools, (pp. 224-228). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
Epstein, J. L. (2007c). Introductory interview: Helping family-school-community partnership thrive. Democracy and Education, 16(4), 2-5.
Epstein, J. L. (2007d). Connections count: Improving family and community involvement in secondary schools. Principal Leadership (NASSP), 8(2), 16-22.
Epstein, J. L. & Jansorn, N. R. (2004). Developing successful partnership programs: Principal leadership makes a difference. Principal, 83(3), 10-15.
Epstein, J. L. & Salinas, K. C. (2004). Partnering with families and communities. Educational Leadership, 61(8), 12-18.
Epstein, J. L. & Sanders, M. G. (2000). Connecting home, school, and community: New directions for social research. In M. Hallinan (Ed.), Handbook of sociology of education (pp. 285-306). New York: Plenum.
Epstein, J. L. & Sanders, M. G. (2002a). Family, school, and community partnerships. In D. L. Levinson, P. W. Cookson, Jr., & A. R. Sadovnik (Eds.), Education and sociology: An encyclopedia (pp. 525-532). New York: Routledge Falmer.
Epstein, J. L. & Sanders, M. G. (2002b). Family, school, and community partnerships. In M. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of parenting (2nd ed., pp. 407-437). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Epstein, J. L., Sanders, M. G., Sheldon, S. B., et al. (2009). School, family, and community
partnerships: Your handbook for action, 3rd edition. Thousand Oaks, CA:
Corwin Press.
Available from www.corwinpress.com or www.amazon.com
Epstein, J. L. & Sheldon, S. B. (2006). Moving forward: Ideas for research on school, family, and community partnerships. In C. F. Conrad & R. Serlin (Eds.) SAGE handbook for research in education: Engaging ideas and enriching inquiry (pp. 117-137). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Gerne, K. M. & Epstein, J. L. (2004). The power of partnerships: School, family, and community collaboration to improve children's health. RMC Health Educator, 4(2), 1-2, 4-6.
Hidalgo, N., Siu, S-F., & Epstein, J. L. (2003). Research on families, schools, and communities: A multicultural perspective. In J. Banks (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education. (2nd ed., pp. 631-655). New York: Macmillan.
Hutchins, D. J., Greenfeld, M. D., & Epstein, J. L. (2008). Family reading night.
New York: Eye on Education.
Available from http://www.eyeoneducation.com/prodinfo.asp?number=7063%2D1
Salinas, K. C. (2004). The tech connection: Seven ways to use technology to involve families in children's education. Access Learning, 14(5), 8-9.
Sanders, M. G. (1998). School-family-community partnerships: An action team approach. The High School Magazine, 5(3), 38-47.
Sanders, M. (2007). Transcending boundaries. Principal Leadership, 8(2),38-42.
Sanders, M. (in press). Teachers and parents. In L. Saha &A. Dworkin, The new international handbook of teachers and teaching. New York, NY: Springer.
Sanders, M. G. & Epstein, J. L. (2000a). Building school-family-community partnerships in middle and high schools. In M. G. Sanders, (Ed.), Schooling students placed at risk: Research, policy and practice in the education of poor and minority adolescents (pp. 339-361). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Sanders, M. G. & Epstein, J. L. (2000b). The National Network of Partnership Schools: How research influences educational practice. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 5(1&2), 61-76.
Sheldon, S. B. (2002). Parental involvement in education. In James W. Guthrie (Ed.), Encyclopedia of education: Vol. 5 (2nd ed., pp. 1844-1847). New York: Macmillan.
Sheldon, S. B. & Epstein, J. L. (2005). School programs of family and community involvement to support children’s reading and literacy development across the grades. Pp. 107-138 in J. Flood & P. Anders (Eds.) Literacy development of students in urban schools: Research and policy. Newark, DE: International Reading Association (IRA).
Simon, B. S. & Epstein, J. L. (2001). School, family, and community partnerships: Linking theory to practice. In D. Hiatt-Michaels (Ed.), Promising practices for family involvement in schools (pp. 1-24). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Van Voorhis, F. L. (2004). Reflecting on the homework ritual: Assignments and designs. Theory Into Practice, 43, 205-212.
Sanders, M. G. (2005). Building school-community partnerships: Collaboration
for student success. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Available from www.corwinpress.com or www.amazon.com
Sanders, M. G. & Campbell, T. (2007). Securing the ties that bind: Community involvement and the educational success of African-American students. In J. Jackson (Ed.), Strengthening the educational pipeline for African Americans: Informing policy and practice, (pp. 141-164). Buffalo, NY: SUNY Press.
Sanders, M. G., Jones, G. A., & Abel, Y. (2002). Involving families and communities in the education of children and youth placed at risk. In S. Stringfield & D. Land (Eds.), Educating at risk students (pp. 171-188). Chicago: National Society for the Study of Education Yearbook.
Epstein, J. L. (2001). School, family, and community partnerships:
Preparing educators and improving schools. Boulder, CO: Westview
Press.
Available from www.perseusbooksgroup.com or www.amazon.com
Epstein, J. L. (2005). Links in a professional development chain: Preservice and inservice education for effective programs of school, family, and community partnerships. The New Educator, 1(2), 125-141.
Epstein J. L., & Sanders, M. G. (2006). Prospects for change: Preparing educators for school-family-community partnerships. Peabody Journal of Education, 81(2), 81-120.