The articles included in this special issue are consistent in their focus on families in the
home setting and school personnel in the school setting as the primary individuals and …

Create conditions that lead to success for ALL students and confront conditions that create
opportunity gaps School counselors can play a powerful role in closing opportunity gaps …

The debate surrounding disproportionality in the identification of culturally and linguistically
diverse students for special education, and in the category of emotional disturbance in …

More than 40 years after passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),
some special education teacher preparation programs offer limited coursework on parent …

The purpose of this study was to identify barriers and facilitators to family engagement in
schools implementing schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) …

Partners in School is a consultation model with the goal of enhancing communication
between two of the most important stakeholders in children's lives–parents and teachers …

The United Nation's International Decade for People of African Descent and Nova Scotia's
Ministry of African Nova Scotian Affairs recognize that students of African descent continue …

Strong academic orientations and high expectations from key actors—including parents,
friends, and teachers—are linked with high adolescent expectations, which are in turn …

Parent involvement is frequently identified as a variable in student success. A gap in the
literature regarding how African American parents create opportunities to engage with their …

Teachers play a key role in communicating with parents to support student learning. One of
the more challenging aspects of this role for teachers is having a difficult conversation with a …