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Anne Henderson and Karen Mapp discuss how to form the essential, family-school partnerships and how to make them work.

Countless studies demonstrate that students with parents actively involved in their education at home and school are more likely to earn higher grades and test scores, enroll in higher-level programs, graduate from high school, and go on to post-secondary education. But, what is a family-school partnership supposed to look like? How can schools and families build trust instead of blaming each other? How can involving parents help raise student test scores? How can teachers relate to families who do not share their culture and values?