Discusses questions raised by Ira Gordon a decade ago concerning parent education and parent involvement in schools. Briefly describes each of the 11 articles in this theme issue on home-school-community educational partnerships. (BC)

Several major issues related to parent participation are described in the comments of over 1,000 teachers who responded to a survey regarding their practices in the area of parent involvement. Eight issues that may prompt new research in this area are identified. (MP)

In order to measure elementary school teachers' feelings about parent involvement in home learning as a teaching strategy and to see how widespread this strategy is, a survey was conducted with 3,700 first-, third-, and fifth-grade school teachers in most Maryland public schools. (MP)

Discusses correlations between children's academic competence and parents' values, beliefs, behavior, and knowledge of child learning and development. Offers goals for parent education. (BC)

Studied connections between parent involvement programs, teachers' attitudes, and teachers' practices in inner-city elementary and middle schools. Examined patterns according to academic subject, classroom organization, and level of support for parent involvement. Found that each variable has implications for the strengths of school programs and…