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Healey, Paul M. – Principal, 1994
Describes a Pennsylvania elementary school's efforts to enhance school-community partnerships and thereby garner support for innovative programs such as whole language, cooperative learning, process writing, and authentic assessment. The keys to success were improved home-school communication and parent involvement. Parents were encouraged to…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Community Involvement, Educational Change, Elementary Education