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Two major questions to be addressed in this chapter are these:
How can the mounting research on the relationship of the home to children’s school success be translated into practical action?
How can we involve the community--all families--meaningfully in the education “action”?
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Rich, D. (1986). Focus for Education Reform: Building the Home-School Synergism. In: Griffore, R.J., Boger, R.P. (eds) Child Rearing in the Home and School. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9676-6_8
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