Family and community engagement in charter schools / editor, Brian Robert Beabout, The University of New Orleans.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beabout, Brian R., editor.

Series:

Family, school, community, partnership issues

Family school community partnership issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charter schools--United States.

Charter schools.

Education--Parent participation--United States.

Education.

Home and school--United States.

Home and school.

Community and school--United States.

Community and school.

Physical Description:

xiii, 176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2025]

Summary:

"This edited volume is part of the Information Age Publishing (IAP) Series on Family, School and Community Partnerships. This book addresses the ways families and communities engage with an increasingly common feature of the American public education landscape: charter schools. Family and Community Engagement in Charter Schools contains 7 chapters examining this emerging field of study authored by both established and emerging scholars. Chapters examine how charter schools, the policy landscape, families, community institutions, and charter school educators both create and inhibit opportunities for effective family and community engagement. Data is included from intensely charterized school districts such as Los Angeles, Denver, New York City, New Orleans and Oakland as well as broader state-level perspectives from California and Massachusetts. The authors approach this important relationship without the fixed ideological lens that often colors research on this controversial from of school organization. In addition to highlighting their unique findings, chapters propose practical, research-based strategies for schools, districts, or communities so that charter schools can be strong sources of local democracy- an oft-cited but rarely achieved goal. The book will broaden the field of Family and Community Engagement by including new theories, scholars, and areas of study. It is valuable reading for researchers, graduate students, policymakers, educational leaders, and community-based organizations seeking to better understand this unique form of organizing public schools"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Family-community engagement in California's charter schools / Delia Castillo

Parent involvement in charter school governance / Charisse Gulosino and Elif Sisli Ciamarra

Charter school governing boards and missed opportunities for community engagement / Elise Castillo and Laura Hernández

Family engagement in diverse by design charter schools / Priscilla Wohlstetter and Elisabeth Kim

Constrained collaboration between co-located charter and district schools / Brian R. Beabout and Shanté Williams

Two charter school's journeys toward lifting family voices and generating community power / Rebecca Anguiano and Cynthia Martinez

Family engagement in charter school closure decisions / Diana Ward.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Family and community engagement in charter schools

ISBN:

9798887306766

9798887306773

OCLC:

1440669510

Publisher Number:

90101997890