| Research Centers and Organizations |
| Title |
Description |
| Academic Development Institute
|
Assisting families, schools, and communities
with children's academic and personal development. |
| Adult
Literacy Education Software Recommendations |
Recommendations and Checklist |
| American Educational Research
Association AERA |
AERA is the most prominent international professional organization
with the primary goal of advancing educational research and
its practical application. |
| Center for Heritage Resource Studies |
Located at the University of Maryland, College
Park, the Center was formed to bring scholars and practitioners
together to support a comprehensive approach to the study of
heritage.
|
| Center
on School, Family and Community Partnerships |
Conducts and disseminates research, development,
and policy analyses that produces new and useful knowledge and
practices that help families, educators, and members of communities
work together to improve schools, strengthen families, and enhance
student learning and development. |
| National
Network of Partnership Schools |
Brings together schools, districts, and states that are committed
to developing and maintaining comprehensive programs of school-family-community
partnerships. |
| Family
Involvement Network of Educators (FINE) |
A national network of people who are interested
in promoting strong partnerships between children's educators,
their families, and their communities. |
| Harvard
Family Research Project |
Strives to increase the effectiveness of public and private
organizations and communities as they promote child development,
student achievement, healthy family functioning, and community
development. |
| Local
Immigrants |
Focusing on Hispanic immigrant communities in Montgomery
and Prince Georges counties in Maryland |
| National
Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools |
Focuses on finding and sharing that research
based information people need to design initiatives and take
action to make connections between schools, families, and communities.
|
| National Council
on Family Relations |
A forum for family researchers, educators, and practitioners
to share in the development and dissemination of knowledge about
families and family relationships, establishes professional
standards, and works to promote family well-being. |
| Promising
Practices in Afterschool (PPAS) System |
An effort to find and share things that are
working in afterschool programs. |
| Swerer Center at
Brown |
A gateway to resources, events, and ideas on service and social
change |
