Anne T. Henderson

Anne T. Henderson is a senior consultant with the Annenberg Institute for School Reform. Anne’s specialty is the relationship between families and schools, and its impact on students’ success in school and through life. Since 1981, she has steadily tracked research and effective practice on how engaging families can improve student achievement, especially in diverse and low-income communities.

Over the past 25 years, Anne has written, by herself and with others, a small library of reader-friendly articles, reports, handouts, and books. Her best-selling book, Beyond the Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family-School Partnerships, (NY: The New Press 2007) was written with Karen Mapp, Vivian Johnson, and Don Davies.

Anne has also written the Evidence series, which reviews the research on the effects of parent and community engagement on student achievement. The latest edition, A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family and Community Connections on Student Achievement, written with Karen L. Mapp, was published by the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory in 2002. (www.sedl.org/connections)

Anne was born in Trenton, NJ, went to Oberlin College and Rutgers University, and now lives in Washington, DC