Parent-School Collaboration

Mary E. Henry is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology at Washington State University and is the author of School Cultures: Universes of Meaning in Private Schools. She is coeditor of Curriculum in Context, the journal of the Washington State Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and is on the editorial board of The Urban Review.

"For female educators, and for women in general, the narratives and vignettes throughout the book generate a feeling of liberation because they are infused with empathy, validation, and affirmation. What more can we ask? I think you have a winner here." — Dr. Gisela Ernst, Washington State University"This book represents an important movement in the field toward parent perspectives. It provides a sensitive portrait of parents as partners in collaboration with public schools." — Arnold Danzig, Arizona State University West"This topic is vital to our nation's future. Henry's is a very timely book which should stimulate thinking about creative family involvement plans." — Nancy Feyl Chavkin, Southwest Texas State University, author of Families and Schools in a Pluralistic Society

• ForewordChristine E. Sleeter Acknowledgments 1. The Social Context of Parent-School Relations 2. Doing Fieldwork 3. Consorting with the Enemy 4. Schools as Competitive Bureaucracies 5. The Cultures of Schools and Homes 6. An Ethic of Care—Celebrating Diversity 7. Collaboration and Community-Building 8. A Focus on Teaching and Learning 9. Parent-School Collaboration Appendix References Index