Jan 13, 2023 | 2023, Epstein, Sheldon
by Joyce L. Epstein and Steven B. Sheldon School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Preparing Educators and Improving Schools, 3rd Edition prepares future teachers and administrators to conduct effective and equitable programs of family and community engagement that...
May 23, 2022 | 2022, Epstein, NNPS
Over the past 25 years, NNPS has assisted more than 5,000 schools—and several hundred districts, educational organizations, and state departments of education—to plan, implement, and continually improve their partnership programs.” The article shows that Joyce...
Jun 1, 2020 | 2020, NNPS, Sheldon
Steven B. Sheldon, Ph.D. Associate Director, NNPS, and Associate Professor of Education There is a phenomenon, prolepsis, which refers to our tendency to make assumptions about the future before it happens. More simply, sometimes we base our current actions...
May 13, 2020 | 2020, NNPS, Thomas
Brenda G. Thomas, NNPS Senior Facilitator As we all try to grasp the impact of COVID-19 on society as a whole, we focus especially on the changes that have affected the world of education. Teachers quickly changed how they teach to assure that their students would...
Apr 8, 2020 | 2020, Epstein, NNPS
Let’s start with vocabulary. Just about every state, district, and school policy asserts that children’s education is a shared responsibility of home, school, and community. When schools are closed, teachers prepare, distribute, and collect students’ lessons on school...