Educational Partnerships: Connecting Schools, Families, and the Community is a core textbook for courses in family, school, and community involvement that prepare pre-service and in-service teachers to build and sustain the family/school/community partnerships that are vital to student success. Rather than focusing primarily on partnerships with parents, Educational Partnerships provides a contemporary approach to this topic that meets the needs of todayÆs teachers and schools by blending family, community, and professional partnerships in a way that will assist educators in learning about partnership possibilities, as well as creating and sustaining partnerships to enhance the education of children. Features &BAD:amp; Benefits:Highlights a contemporary, culturally-relevant approach throughout; this approach differs from a deficit models in which parents and community are viewed as outside resources without power, substantial contributions, and decision-making Includes case studies related to community and professional partnership programs and models. An examination of case studies will demonstrate problems and successes typical of educational partnerships. Readers are asked to reflect upon the cases and answer questions related to chapter content. Incorporates actual ôvoicesö from teachers, students, community members, administrators, and parents taken from interviews or other written communication. These ôvoicesö are incorporated into case studies or featured as quotes throughout relevant parts of the chapter in order to include multiple viewpoints.