Principal's Role in Encouraging Family Involvement

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Joyce Epstein points out that teachers need to think of family engagement as a part of their work and that unless principals are advocates of programs to engage all parents in the education of their children, teachers will not take family involvement seriously.

About the Author

Joyce Epstein

Joyce L. Epstein is director of the Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships principal research scientist in the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk (CRESPAR), and professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University.