The Harvard Family Research Project separated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education to become the Global Family Research Project as of January 1, 2017. It is no longer affiliated with Harvard University.
FINE Newsletter Archive
The FINE Newsletter shares the newest and best family involvement research and resources from HFRP and other field leaders. Visit our subscription center to receive the FINE Newsletter via email.
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December FINE Newsletter: Family Involvement Storybook Corner
This month's FINE Newsletter launches a new section in the Resource area of its website: The Family Involvement Storybook Corner is a unique new source for information on using children's storybooks with family involvement themes to engage families in their children's education and encourage family–school–community partnerships, all while supporting literacy. It provides a list of storybooks with family involvement themes and tools for using the storybooks. As usual, this month's newsletter has links to many other family involvement resources on the Web, including websites, a book, and an upcoming event.
November 2005November FINE Newsletter: Resources on Adolescent Learning
This month's FINE Newsletter has pulled together a compilation of resources available in the FINE section of our website on family involvement in adolescent learning and development. These resources include two research digests, a bibliography, three insights from FINE members, a FINE Forum article, and two teaching cases. As usual, this month's newsletter has links to many other family involvement resources on the Web, including books, reports, websites, and an upcoming event.
October 2005October FINE Newsletter: New Family Involvement Teaching Case
This month's FINE Newsletter has added a new family involvement teaching case, After School for Cindy, along with three expert commentaries on the case. Also new is a Member Insight on whether teacher preparation is key to improving teacher practices with families. As usual, this month's newsletter has links to many other family involvement resources on the Web, including books, toolkits, website, policy information, upcoming events, and a funding opportunity.
September 2005Sept. FINE Newsletter: Family Involvement Online Resource Guide
This month's FINE Newsletter has significantly expanded its Resources section by publishing a compilation of family involvement resources available on the Web, with links to research, information, programs, and tools from over 100 national organizations. Also new this month is research on whether graduate students in early childhood programs are family-centered as well as research on how involved families with children with disabilities are in their children's education. Sherick Hughes, Assistant Professor at the University of Toledo, answers how we can prepare teachers to work with culturally diverse students and their families. As usual, this month's newsletter has links to many other family involvement resources on the Web, including reports, articles, a toolkit, survey data, evaluations, upcoming events, and a funding opportunity.
June 2005June FINE Newsletter: New Research, Syllabus, and Conference Materials
This month's FINE Newsletter has published a digest of new research on the home reading practices of urban families, a syllabus for a course on family strengthening interventions, slides and handouts from a conference panel on research and evaluation of family involvement in education, and a presentation from a conference workshop that makes the case for family involvement. As usual, this month's newsletter has links to many other family involvement resources on the Web, including books, reports, articles, toolkits, a website, programs, a policy publication, and upcoming events.
May 2005May FINE Newsletter: New Research, Workshop, and Course Syllabus
This month's FINE Newsletter has published a research report on how colleges of education can better prepare teachers to partner with parents and communities, a digest of new research on British Bangladeshi and Pakistani parent involvement in their children's education, a conference workshop on family involvement in out-of-school time programs, and a syllabus for a course on the past, present, and future trends in child and family policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. As usual, this month's newsletter has links to many other family involvement resources on the Web, including books, reports, articles, toolkits, workshops, a parent-training program, and upcoming events.
April 2005April FINE Newsletter: New Conference Section and Research Digests
We have added a new section to the FINE area of our website—conference presentations on family–school partnerships. In this section we share resources from conferences we organized as well as presentations we've made. This month we published the agenda and presentation transcripts and slides from our Family, School, and Community Connections Symposium. We also published a keynote address by HFRP director, Heather Weiss, on evaluating family support. This month's newsletter also includes two new digests of current family involvement research. As usual, this month's newsletter has links to many other family involvement resources on the Web, including books and reports, a website, toolkits, upcoming events, and a funding opportunity.
March 2005March FINE Newsletter: Research Report, Research Digest and More
This month's FINE Newsletter has published a research report from Greece entitled, “Syneducation” (Synekpaidefsis): Reinforcing Communication and Strengthening Cooperation Among Students, Parents, and Schools; a research digest entitled, Accomplished Teachers and Their Interactions With Parents: A Comparative Analysis of Strategies and Techniques; and a new member insight on how we can prepare teachers to work with culturally diverse students and their families. As usual, this month's newsletter also has links to many other new family involvement resources on the Web, including reports, articles, a transcript, a toolkit, public opinion surveys, and upcoming events.
February 2005February FINE Newsletter: Family Involvement Bibliography
This month's FINE Newsletter has published a bibliography of family involvement research from 2004, which includes journal articles, dissertations and theses, books, chapters, reports, research briefs, and papers. Also newly available on the FINE website is a digest of recent research on how mothers' transition from welfare to work affects their involvement in their children's education, and a member insight on whether schools are doing enough to learn about families. As usual, this month's newsletter also has links to many other new family involvement resources on the Web, including recent articles and reports, toolkits, and a website to watch.
January 2005January FINE Newsletter: Family Involvement Research and Syllabus
This month's FINE Newsletter has published a digest of a current research study, entitled Reading, Writing, and Reform in the Bronx: Lessons for Community Engagement in Schools; the syllabus from a course for teachers, Parents and Teachers Together: Creating Schools Our Children Deserve; and a FINE member insight on how grandparents can be involved in their grandchildren's learning. As usual, this month's newsletter also has links to many other new family involvement resources on the Web, including recent reports, toolkits, an upcoming event, and a grant opportunity.