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Olsen, G., & Fuller, M.L. (2010). The benefits of parent involvement: what research has to say. Home-School Relations: Working Successfully with Parents and Families. Retrieved from: https://www.education.com/reference/article/benefits-parent-involvement-research/
Zarate, M. E. (2007). Understanding Latino parental involvement in education: perceptions, expectations, and recommendations. The Tomás Rivera Policy Institute. Retrieved from: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED502065.pdf
Grassroots Organizing
Organizing & Education Principles
Mueller, C. (2004). Ella Baker and the origins of “participatory democracy”. In J. Bobo, C. Hudley, & C. Michel (Eds.), The black studies reader (pp. 79-89). New York: Taylor & Francis Books, Inc.
Payne, C. (1989). Ella Baker and models of social change. Signs, 14 (4). Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/3174689
Local Efforts in Boston
(see websites linked to organizations)
National Efforts
(see websites linked to organizations)
Literature
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Brabeck, K., & Sibley, E. (2017). Latino immigrant students’ school experiences in the United States: the importance of family-school-community collaborations. School Community Journal 27(1), 137-158. Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/1917343586?pq-origsite=summon&http://library.bowdoin.edu/erl/ip/proquest_education.cgi
Walker, J. M. T. (2016). Realizing the American Dream: a parent education program designed to increase Latino family engagement in children’s education. Journal of Latinos and Education 15(4), 344-357. Retrieved from http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=6&sid=d808890c-b810-478c-a270-81533dc43bee%40sessionmgr4009
Practitioner-Oriented Articles
Mitchell, C. (2016). Home-school connections help ELLs and their parents. Education Week 35(30), 12-14. Retrieved from https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/05/11/home-school-connections-help-ells-and-their-parents.html
Stoltzfus, K. (2016). Teacher-parent communication needs to improve, studies say. Education Week – Teaching Now. Retrieved from http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2016/11/teacher-parent_communication_needs_to_improve_studies_say.html?qs=latino+english+language+learners+parents+daterange:2014-01-01..2018-04-03