With research proving that children perform better academically and socially when their families are involved in their education, there is a need for teacher and administrator preparation programs to include theory and best practices on how to get families involved. The hope is that Colleges and Schools of Education will develop and create focused and comprehensive family, school and community engagement curricula, programs and partnerships, which will be seamless across all educational preparation programs. This book was originally published as a special issue of Teaching Education.

Foreword: Ready or not? Preparing future educators for school, family, and community partnerships 1. Family, school, community engagement, and partnerships: an imperative for k-12, and colleges of education in the development of twenty-first century educators 2. Educating pre-service teachers for family, school, and community engagement 3. Including all families in education: school district-level efforts to promote parent engagement in Ontario, Canada 4. Preparing educators to partner with families 5. An analysis of cultural diversity and recurring themes in pre-service teachers' online discussions of Epstein's six types of parent involvement 6. How is my child doing? Preparing pre-service teachers to engage parents through assessment 7. Latino parents and teachers: key players building neighborhood social capital 8. Practices in home-school cooperation - a gendered story? 9. Is the week over yet? Insight for educators about social network support among cyber mothers raising children with ASD 10. Family, school, community engagement, and partnerships: an area of continued inquiry and growth