Introduction
Part I, Home-school (dis)connections. "Lost boys," cousins and aunties : using Sudanese refugee relationships to complicate definitions of "family" ; The impact of social dynamics on immigrant children's language and literacy practices : learning from Asian families ; a mother and daughter go to school : a story of strengths and challenges ; Discontinuities and differences among Muslim Arab-Americans : making it at home and school ; Building connections between homes and schools ; Fostering academic identities among Latino immigrant students : contextualizing parents' roles
Part II, Curriculum transformations : learning with families. Do you hear what I hear? : using the parent story approach to listen to and learn from African American parents ; Home visits : learning from students and families ; Networks of support : learning from the other teachers in children's lives ; Issues in funds of knowledge teaching and research : key concepts from a study of Appalachian families and schooling ; How knowledge counts : talking family knowledge and lived experience into being as resource for academic action ; Respecting children's cultural and linguistic knowledge : the pedagogical possibilities and challenges of multiliteracies in schools
Part III, Conclusion. Home
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community collaborations in uncertain times.