Home–School Partnerships in LGBTQ-Parent Families

The entry starts by defining home–school partnerships and describing the factors in such partnerships that promote academic, social, emotional, and psychological well-being among students. Next, the entry highlights the inequality in home–school partnerships among diverse families, which creates systemic barriers that prevent positive partnerships with LGBTQ-parent families. Then, this entry provides an overview of the positive and negative factors in home–school partnerships with LGBTQ-parent families. The entry concludes with recommendations for working with this diverse and marginalized population and a description of the limitations in research and practice when it comes to fully understanding home–school partnerships in LGBTQ-parent families.