1. Week 6 – Discussion 1

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  Community Involvement    Epstein writes, “The way schools care  about children is reflected in the way school’s care about the  children’s families.” What do you think she means by this?  What do you  see as the fundamental reason that schools, families and communities  need to work together?  Also, Abravanel’s paper Building Community Through Service-Learning: The Role of Community Partner (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.,  makes interesting points about community involvement.  Describe your  vision of what this kind of engagement would look like in your  community.
 

Guided Response: Shared interests  between parents and schools make a partnership work – focus on the  common goals of both parents and teachers and list how many different  beneficiaries emanate from these relationships. Respond to at least two  of your classmates’ posts.  

   2. Week 6 – Discussion 2

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Your  initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until  Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect  both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses.  Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon  above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

  Los Pen    Profile the kind of empirical evidence  at Los Pen that supports the school’s transformation.  Focus on  quantitative data. Based on the statistical data gleaned from the  readings what qualitative conclusions would you draw about the efficacy  of the many aspects of differentiated parent support?
 

Guided Response: Focus  first on statistical data.  One of the quickest ways to garner support  for an idea is to present quantitative data.  School, family and  community partnerships only add up to academic success when you  disaggregate the data and make a case for an improved learning  environment. Given this seminal idea, how would you make the case for  the efficacy of school-community partnerships?