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• CETAC
  http://www.cetac.org/
  CETAC Online provides State program administrators, local educators, and the public with information on character education and civic engagement, as well as strategies that support academic goals and other reform efforts.
  
  
• Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network (CYFERNet)
  .http://www.nnfr.org/
  CYFERNet features extensive information in the areas of Child, Youth, Parent and Family, Community, and Evaluation.
  
  
• ED Publications: Publications for Parents, Including the Partnership for Family in Education
  http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/
  This page links to a variety of resources for parents interested in helping their ... together employers, educators, families, religious groups, and community organizations to improve schools.
  
  
• Family Advocates Partnership for Education
  http://www.fape.org/
  The Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE) project is a strong partnership that aims to improve the educational outcomes for children with disabilities. It links families, advocates, and self-advocates to communicate the new focus of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The project represents the needs of 6 million children with disabilities.
  
  
• Education World® : Parents Community
  http://www.education-world.com/parents/
  This is the home and family section of Education World's web site offering parents many useful links to a variety of resources.
  
  
• Family Involvement - Dept of Education - Florida
  http://www.firn.edu/doe/dps/menus/family.html
  Florida's DOE page for Community Involvement with links to many useful resources.
  
  
• Preventive Ounce
  http://www.preventiveoz.org/
  Unfortunately, most parenting advice is written for the average child. This interactive web site lets you see more clearly your child's temperament, find parenting tactics that work for your child.

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Research Studies

• Change: Connections to Adult Learning and Education
  http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/
  ed446252.html
  The question of how adult learning and education can cultivate change with individuals and groups is explored in this Digest. Following a discussion of the change process, it examines the connection between change and adult education and adult learning, and it concludes with some suggestions for adult educators involved in the change process.
  
  
• "Community Technology Centers Program Findings Summary: A Review of FY99 Grantees' Annual Performance Reports"
  http://www.americaconnects.net/research/
  default.asp?subid=35
  This study analyzes the progress of Department of Education Community Technology Centers Program grantees towards the program objectives: to provide access to computers and technology to adults and children in low-income communities who otherwise would lack that access; to support learning outcomes by providing educational programs and services to center participants; and to develop model programs that demonstrate the educational effectiveness of technology.
  
  
• Effective Technology Use in Low-Income Communities: Research Review for the America Connects Consortium
  http://www.americaconnects.net/research/
  default.asp?subid=25
  (PDF file available at this site) This literature review specifically examines the research on the effectiveness of strategies to increase access in different U.S. communities. Issues include not only how different groups and communities access hardware, but also how they organize and interpret activities and social interactions around technology.
  
  
• Family and Community Literacy Final Report
  http://www.cast.org/udl/index.cfm?i=335
  This report contains the history, research methods, findings and conclusions from a multi-year study of the use of technology to support reading activities between caregivers and children (pre-K and K-3) in family literacy centers. The project resulted in a replicable model that is described in the report.
  
  
• Hispanic Parental Involvement in Home Literacy
  http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/
  ed446340.html
  Hispanic parents are frequently unaware of practices essential to helping their children develop academic skills. They may be confused about what the school expects from their children and feel uncertain about how to help their children. Several recent studies address the effects of cultural differences, parents' lack of self-esteem, and a host of misconceptions, discussed in this digest.
  
  
• Models of Community Development Practice
  http://www.edst.educ.ubc.ca/aerc/2000
  /moorea&hilll-web.htm
  This paper discusses two models developed in a research project that explored community development practice. It begins with a brief introduction of the research, continue with the presentation of the models, relating them to existing theory, and concluding with why the introduction of new models is justified.
  
  
• The Regional Educational Laboratory at AEL
  http://www.ael.org/rel/
  This research-based framework depicts the belief that several dimensions must be considered when working toward improved student achievement. These dimensions are interactive and they require continuous action on the part of a school community.
  
  
• Second Annual Research Symposium on Research and Evaluation Related to Comprehensive School Reform: A Summary
  http://www.ael.org/pnp/browse/csrsymcd.htm
  The Second Annual Research Symposium on Research and Evaluation Related to Comprehensive School Reform was held in Washington, D.C., on June 26-27, 2000. Leading education researchers participated with representatives of professional education associations, the U.S. Department of Education, state departments of education, and regional educational laboratories. This summary highlights the participants' discussions of questions based upon their research findings and years of experience in the field.
  
  


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ETC is a collaborative project of the Bureau of Educational Technology, Florida Department of Education and the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, College of Education, University of South Florida. The links included in this clearinghouse appeared to contain useful information at the time they were chosen. If you discover that a site linked from this clearinghouse is no longer relevant, or has inaccurate or inappropriate content, please email the project director.