SEDL – Advancing Research, Improving Education

The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement
Annual Synthesis 2002

A New Wave of Evidence

Anne T. Henderson Karen L. Mapp

SEDL – Advancing Research, Improving Education

The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement
Annual Synthesis 2002

A New Wave of Evidence
Anne T. Henderson Karen L. Mapp

Contributors Amy Averett Joan Buttram Deborah Donnelly Marilyn Fowler Catherine Jordan Margaret Myers Evangelina Orozco Lacy Wood

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To the late Susan McAllister Swap

For more than 20 years, Sue worked tirelessly with both parents and educators, exploring how to develop closer, richer, deeper partnerships. In her last post, she directed with distinction the Center on Families, Communities, Schools, and Children’s Learning at Wheelock