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.
New Evaluation Exchange: Building the Future of Family Involvement
May 9, 2008
New Issue
This double issue of The Evaluation Exchange examines the current state of and future directions for the family involvement field in research, policy, and practice. Featuring innovative initiatives, new evaluation approaches and findings, and interviews with field leaders, the issue is designed to spark conversation about where the field is today and where it needs to go in the future.
What's Inside
Examining family involvement in policy, practice, and research, this issue explores where the field is today and where it needs to go in the future. The issue draws on HFRP's 25-year history of family involvement expertise and features innovative initiatives, new evaluation approaches and findings, and interviews with experts. It includes perspectives from the field’s most respected leaders, including:
- Rudy Crew, Superintendent of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools
- Karen Mapp, Anne Henderson, Kathy Hoover-Dempsey, Arnold Fege, and other researchers and experts
- The National Parental Information and Resource Centers (PIRCs) and the National PTA
- Longtime and emerging leaders in practice, research, and evaluation who are developing and implementing promising approaches
It is our hope that this issue will spark discussion about new directions for family involvement moving forward. We invite you to explore the issue, pass it on to your friends and colleagues, and share your thoughts with us and with others in the field.
Click here to read The Evaluation Exchange issue on Building the Future of Family Involvement.