Families, Schools, and Communities: Building Partnerships for Educating Children Paperback - 2010

Chandler Barbour, a retired professor of education, has spent over 40 years in elementary schoolteaching, school administration, and university teaching. His strong interests in educationalpartnerships for teachers in training and appropriate curriculum for children have led to research andwriting on school collaborations and networks. He is a co-author of two earlier publications: "Partnerships ""in Education (1970), "AACTE and "The Teaching Clinic (1974), "Ass'n of Teacher Educators, plus articles and reports for professional journals in Education. In retirement, Mr. Barbour lives incoastal Maine and devotes volunteer time to public school projects, church programs, and prisoninmate counseling. He also serves as a board director for a fishing advocacy group, a church facilitiesboard, and one regional hospital board. Nita H. Barbour is a retired University of Maryland professor with over 30 years in teaching, researching and curriculum program development for educational facilities in three states. Herprofessional work covers involvement with programs for populations ranging from preschool touniversity graduate courses. Nita's Fulbright Scholarship in language study in the 1950s led to a careerlong interest in the uses of language and the impact of language and culture on education. This interesthas followed her into retirement as a feature of the language literacy programs she has established forpreschoolers in her Maine community. Professor Barbour is a co-author of two earlier textbooks in theearly childhood field: "Early Childhood Education: An Introduction, 4e, 1998, " Merrill/Prentice Hall and "Developmental Continuity Across Preschool & Primary Grades, 2e, 2004, " Ass'n of ChildhoodEducation International."" Dr. Patricia Scully is an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland BaltimoreCounty (UMBC) where she directs the early childhood teacher education program and teaches courses in early literacy, children's literature, and curriculum. Earlier in her career, Dr. Scully taught in child care centers and public school classrooms working with children from two to 12 years of age in New Jersey, New York City, and Maryland. She has been a child care center director and has worked extensively in professional development for child care professionals. She is a graduate of The College of New Jersey, Teachers College, Columbia University and the University of Maryland College Park. Her publications include articles in the Early Childhood Journal and YoungChildren as well as the book, "Developmental Continuity across Preschool and Primary ""Grades, 2nd Ed." published by the Association for Childhood Education International.